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thanks a ton this works perfectly
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I am trying to validate the user entry is &lt;= today. I have the following validator.<br />
It is not working properly though. Whether I enter &lt;&nbsp;or &gt;&nbsp;today it is giving the error message. please help. thanks<br />
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&lt;asp:CompareValidator ID=&quot;cmpOrderFrom&quot; ControlToValidate =&quot;txtOrderFrom&quot; &nbsp;Display=&quot;None&quot; ErrorMessage = &quot;• OrderFrom must be older than or equal to today's date&quot; Operator=&quot;LessThanEqual&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot; valuetocompare='&lt;%= DateTime.Now.ToShortDateSt<wbr />ring() %&gt;' /&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;asp:CompareValidator ID=&quot;cmpOrderTo&quot; ControlToValidate =&quot;txtOrderTo&quot; &nbsp;Display=&quot;None&quot; ErrorMessage = &quot;• OrderTo must be older than or equal to today's date&quot; Operator=&quot;LessThanEqual&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;valuetocompare='&lt;%= DateTime.Now.ToShortDateSt<wbr />ring() %&gt;' /&gt;
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I am trying to validate the user entry is <= today. I have the following validator.
It is not working properly though. Whether I enter < or > today it is giving the error message. please help. thanks

<asp:CompareValidator ID="cmpOrderFrom" ControlToValidate ="txtOrderFrom"  Display="None" ErrorMessage = "• OrderFrom must be older than or equal to today's date" Operator="LessThanEqual" runat="server" valuetocompare='<%= DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString() %>' />
                    <asp:CompareValidator ID="cmpOrderTo" ControlToValidate ="txtOrderTo"  Display="None" ErrorMessage = "• OrderTo must be older than or equal to today's date" Operator="LessThanEqual" runat="server"    valuetocompare='<%= DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString() %>' />

compare validator to compare if text in textbox is less than or = today

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