CausesValidation="False"
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="Default" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head runat="server"> <title>Default</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Must Be a Date and Earlier than Today"></asp:Label><br /> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server"></asp:TextBox> <asp:CompareValidator ID="CompareValidator1" runat="server" ControlToValidate="TextBox2" ErrorMessage="TextBox2 Must Be a Date and Earlier than Today" Operator="LessThan" SetFocusOnError="True" Type="Date">*</asp:CompareValidator><br /> <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" OnClick="Button1_Click" Text="Submit" /> <asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" CausesValidation="False" Text="Cancel - Will Not Validate!" /> <asp:Button ID="Button3" runat="server" Text="Validate DropDownList1 Only" ValidationGroup="DDL" /><br /> <asp:ValidationSummary ID="ValidationSummary1" runat="server" ShowMessageBox="True" /> <asp:ValidationSummary ID="ValidationSummary2" runat="server" ShowMessageBox="True" ValidationGroup="DDL" /> </div> </form> </body> </html> File: Default.aspx.cs using System; using System.Data; using System.Configuration; using System.Collections; using System.Web; using System.Web.Security; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts; using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls; public partial class Default : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.CompareValidator1.ValueToCompare = DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString(); } protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.Validate(string.Empty); if (this.IsValid==false) { // Do something... } } }