MVC2 Client side validation within Jquery modal dialog - asp.net-mvc-2

Question

Using MVC2 I currently have a view creating a jquery dialog box containing an Edit partial view. On submit I am looking for it to perform client side validation on the Email class which has a required data annotation attribute for email address. Server side validation works fine but I want the user to have to fix the error in the modal dialog.
Below is the code
<% Html.EnableClientValidation(); %>
<% using (Html.BeginForm())
<div>
<label for="EmailAddress">
Email Address :
</label>
<%= Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Email.EmailAddress)%>
<%= Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Email.EmailAddress)%>
</div>
Scripts I am loading up are
<script type="text/javascript" src="<%= ResolveUrl("~/Scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js")%>"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<%= ResolveUrl("~/Scripts/jqueryUI/js/jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.min.js")%>"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<%= ResolveUrl("~/Scripts/Splitter/splitter-1.5.js")%>"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<%= ResolveUrl("~/Scripts/Scripts/Start.js")%>"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<%= ResolveUrl("~/Scripts/Scripts/extended/ExtendedControls.js")%>"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<%= ResolveUrl("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.js")%>"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<%= ResolveUrl("~/Scripts/MicrosoftMvcJQueryValidation.js")%>"></script>
Looking at the html generated I am not getting any of the JSON data generated for the client side validation to work.
Any solutions gladly appreciated. S

Answer 1

I strongly recommend you to use jquery validation script.
jquery.validate.js has all the features for client-side validation within a jquery dialog.
First of all, add the jquery.validate.js to your Site.Master :
<script src="/Scripts/Using/jquery.validate.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
and then write your script something like that :
<script type="text/javascript">
var createLinkObj;
$(function () {
$('#mydialog').dialog({
autoOpen: false,
width: 500,
modal: true,
buttons: {
"OK": function () {
$("#myForm").validate({
rules: {
Name: {
required: true
},
Email: {
required: true,
email: true
}
},
messages: {
Name: " * ",
Email: {
required: " * ",
email: " Invalid e-mail."
}
});
$("#myForm").submit();
},
"Cancel": function () {
$(this).dialog("close");
}
}
});
$(".mylink").click(function () {
//change the title of the dialog
createLinkObj = $(this);
var dialogDiv = $('#mydialog');
var viewUrl = createLinkObj.attr('href');
$.get(viewUrl, function (data) {
dialogDiv.html(data);
dialogDiv.dialog('open');
});
return false;
});
});
</script>
As you can see when I click the mylink, mydialog appears and before submitting the myForm, I validated the myForm elements namely Name and Email.
Think that your form only contains Name and Email and then you can validate these elments by using jquery validate script.