CompareValidator and Currency

[liptonIcedTea]

Hi,

I have a textbox and a compareValidator thats doing a DataTypeCheck to check whether this Text Box is of data type Currency.

I have a requirement that this textbox displays a currency (eg. it displays a "$" at the start and "," every 3 numbers)

If I just enter a number, it validates okay, however, if I enter a currency such as $1,476, then validation fails.

Is this the proper behaviour? If so, what's the difference between data-checking a double or a currency?

Finally, is it actually possible to have the textbox display it in currency format (eg. $1,000) and still check whether it's a currency?

Thank you

 

[liptonIcedTea]

bump

no one's got the slightest idea?

 

[vishymca]

Hi,

I have a textbox and a compareValidator thats doing a DataTypeCheck to check whether this Text Box is of data type Currency.

I have a requirement that this textbox displays a currency (eg. it displays a "$" at the start and "," every 3 numbers)

If I just enter a number, it validates okay, however, if I enter a currency such as $1,476, then validation fails.

Is this the proper behaviour? If so, what's the difference between data-checking a double or a currency?

Finally, is it actually possible to have the textbox display it in currency format (eg. $1,000) and still check whether it's a currency?

Thank you

Make use of "CustomValidator"

 

[liptonIcedTea]

Make use of "CustomValidator"

yeah, that's what i ended up having to do.

i just thought it was a strange design choice to validate "$100.11" as not a currency.