<%@ Page Language="C#" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <script runat="server"> void valProductCode_ServerValidate(Object source, ServerValidateEventArgs args) { if (args.Value.Length == 4) args.IsValid = true; else args.IsValid = false; } </script> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head id="Head1" runat="server"> <title>Show Validate Empty Text</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> <asp:Label id="lblProductCode" Text="Product Code:" AssociatedControlID="txtProductCode" Runat="server" /> <br /> <asp:TextBox id="txtProductCode" Runat="server" /> <asp:CustomValidator id="valProductCode" ControlToValidate="txtProductCode" Text="(Invalid product code)" ValidateEmptyText="true" OnServerValidate="valProductCode_ServerValidate" Runat="server" /> <asp:Button id="btnSubmit" Text="Submit" Runat="server" /> </div> </form> </body> </html>