On the first Astronomy Calculator for the Date of Easter, I decided to use data validation. I re-read the chapter on validating user input in one of my ASP.NET books. I decided to use both the RequiredFieldValidator and RangeValidator controls.
The RequiredFieldValidator control was straightforward to use. I modified the sample to not use the Text property so the ErrorMessage text was displayed. At first, I didn’t use the CssClass because the text displayed red but when I implemented on the production website, the text wasn’t red so I used this property.
The RangeValidator control was also straightforward once I corrected typed in the data range.
One issue I had was which the placement of the text. I re-skimmed the chapter and found the property of Display. I changed this to Dynamic and the formatting worked better.
