>>The difference is that these two fields have validator attached to them. However, why should it affect the visual display? And is there anything I can do?
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>Not sure. How is the page layout controlled? Flow layout, absolute positioning or the old table containers ? I've just looked at a page I have (using absolute positioning) where the Validator is implemented as a < span > with hidden=true so I guess it's taking up real estate whether there's an error or not so if it is in a grid cell it will affect its size....
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I found an answer on ASP.NET forum. I just had to set Display property of the validator to Dynamic.

However, I'm still having problem debugging in the FireFox :( I press Update button and nothing happens.

Also I believe the code for the page is implemented incorrectly - but I don't know if I should change it.

Currently there is some extra code on Row Updating. In one of the columns there is a list which is going to a separate table. The code is deleting all items for the particular program from the table and adds them for the selected items.

Now, since it's not done in the SP, there is a possibility of partial update.

I'm wondering how serious the problem is and should I really spend time changing it if the current code seems to work?

>>Also I want to see the * near the field always, not only if I didn't type value. How can I do it?

>Why would you want that? Isn't it the point of a validator that it only displays to indicate a problem with a supplied value? If you really want that then just use an asterisk in a label and use a ValidationSummary control to show validation failures...
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>>Do you still have my PM with the link to the site? If yes, it's in Edit One time Event menu. Press Edit button and you will see the visual appearance problem I'm talking about.
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>I've still got the links but don't know where the menu you refer to is found...
>Regards,
>Viv

BTW, I sent you PM instructions.