I am creating a day range validator using DataAnnotations, jQuery.validate and jquery.validate.unobtrusive. I've already read the following: http://bradwilson.typepad.com/blog/2010/10/mvc3-unobtrusive-validation.html
http://weblogs.asp.net/mikaelsoderstrom/archive/2010/10/06/unobtrusive-validation-in-asp-net-mvc-3.aspx
and other but can't post them (noob)
As well as most of the post on SO. I'm baning my head against a wall, any help could be rewardde with beer/food/code/etc ;) Anyway here's the code:
I have a model object with the following parameter:
[Display(Name = "Start date"),
DayRange(0, 5, ErrorMessage = "The Start Date must be between today and 5 days time.")]
public DateTime StartDate { get; set; }
DayRange is a custom attribute class :
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Field | AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = true)]
public class DayRangeAttribute : RangeAttribute, IClientValidatable
{
private int _minimumDays;
private int _maximumDays;
public DayRangeAttribute(int minimumDays, int maximumDays) : base(minimumDays, maximumDays)
{
_minimumDays = minimumDays;
_maximumDays = maximumDays;
}
public override bool IsValid(object value)
{
var dateToBeTested = value as DateTime?;
return dateToBeTested.HasValue && dateToBeTested.Value >= DateTime.Today.AddDays(_minimumDays) && dateToBeTested.Value <= DateTime.Today.AddDays(_maximumDays);
}
public IEnumerable<ModelClientValidationRule> GetClientValidationRules(ModelMetadata metadata, ControllerContext context)
{
var rule = new ModelClientValidationRule
{
ErrorMessage = this.ErrorMessage,
ValidationType = "dayrange"
};
rule.ValidationParameters.Add("min", _minimumDays);
rule.ValidationParameters.Add("max", _maximumDays);
yield return rule;
}
}
I have the following in my web.config:
<appSettings>
<add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true"/>
<add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true"/>
</appSettings>
I have have following JS trigger before the document is ready (have tried triggering it when the doc is ready too ):
jQuery.validator.addMethod('dayrange', function (value, element, param) {
if (!value) return false;
var now = Date();
var dateValue = Date.parse(value);
var minDate = now.setDate(now.getDate() - param.min);
var maxDate = now.setDate(now.getDate() + param.max);
return this.optional(element) && dateValue >= minDate && dateValue <= maxDate;
}, 'Must fall in range');
jQuery.validator.unobtrusive.adapters.addMinMax('dayrange', 'minlength', 'maxlength', 'dayrange');
What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance, Jol