asp.net disable/enable validator using Javascript

Question

I have a complex form requiring me to switch specific validators on or off depending on selections made by the user.

ValidatorEnable seems to do the job, but it seems that when I call this method it actually fires the validation process as well, without the user actually hitting the submit button.

Is that how it works?

Answer 1

I eventually found the best way to do this was to use the following code:

var validatorObject = document.getElementById('<%=ValidHasShippingLocationZip.ClientID%>');
validatorObject.enabled = false;
validatorObject.isvalid = true;
ValidatorUpdateDisplay(validatorObject);

Answer 2

I wrote some code seems can meet your requests. Iterate validators and enable these you needs.

   ValidatorEnable(validatorObj, true);

then clear the screen,erase the error info.

The full code snippet can be found here http://codelife.cybtamin.com/enable-and-disable-asp-net-validator-by-javascript/