RequiredFieldValidator control

I am creating webpart for Sharepoint 2007.

I have written following code
on CreateChildControls() method
fieldVal = new RequiredFieldValidator();
fieldVal.ID = txtemail.ID + "_Val";
fieldVal.ControlToValidate = txtemail.ID;
fieldVal.EnableClientScript = true;

fieldVal.ErrorMessage = " Test";
fieldVal.InitialValue = "Zero";
fieldVal.Display =
System.Web.UI.WebControls.ValidatorDisplay.Dynamic;
//fieldVal.SetFocusOnError = txtemail;
Controls.Add(fieldVal);
also i have render control in renderwebpart  method.
when i m submitting page validation control doesn't not validate page.
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RequiredFieldValidator control

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Hello Vinni,

When you said it didn't validate the page, do you mean the error message
didn't display? And it only display its initial value "Zero"? And, how
didn't you submit the form, by clicking a button on same web part?

If the problem is that that error message doesn't displayed, I suggest you
may check the HTML source code on the client side, is the validate control
rendered correctly on the client side, and is the TextBox' ID string same
as the value you set to the validate control in web part?

Sincerely,

Luke Zhang

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Thank you for your response. I actually figured out the mistake I was doing.

Thank you for your response. I actually figured out the mistake I was doing.
I had ErrorMessage property set but not the Text property. When I add another
line as fieldVal.Text = "Test Error Text Message"; then it validate and
showed the error message as "Test Error Text Message". I believe if you do
not have Text property set then it will not work. (I know this works fine in
normal asp.net pages but here it is SharePoint Web Parts)

fieldVal = new RequiredFieldValidator();
fieldVal.ID = txtemail.ID + "_Val";
fieldVal.ControlToValidate = txtemail.ID;
fieldVal.EnableClientScript = true;

fieldVal.ErrorMessage = " Test";
fieldVal.Text = "Test Error Text Message";
fieldVal.InitialValue = "Zero";
fieldVal.Display =
System.Web.UI.WebControls.ValidatorDisplay.Dynamic;
//fieldVal.SetFocusOnError = txtemail;
Controls.Add(fieldVal);

I hope this information will help others.

Thanks again.
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