Murali's answer works great, but I rolled a jQuery version for myself if anyone's interested.
Based on the official documentation (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yb52a4x0.aspx), I was able to get each validator and check to see if it isvalid, and if not, use the errormessage property to populate my own notification system (setStatusMessage() is a function I wrote, feel free to use any other type of status message prompt, like alert() or roll your own).
/*
* Validation Catcher - Sean D Kendle - 9/24/2015
* Catch validation events and add to status messages system
*/
$(document).on("submit", function () {
$.each(Page_Validators, function (i, v) {
var strControlToValidateID = v.controltovalidate;
var $controlToValidate = $("#" + strControlToValidateID);
var arrInvalidControls = new Array(); //collection of all invalid field ids for later
if (!v.isvalid) {
$controlToValidate.addClass("error"); //custom error class, optional
$controlToValidate.css("border-color", "#D00"); //manually set border-color per OP's question
$(".error").eq(0).focus(); /*set focus to top-most invalid field on error, or you can use the v.focusOnError property to check if validator has this set (string "t" if true), but I don't want to have to set this every time*/
arrInvalidControls.push(strControlToValidateID); //collect all invalid field ids for later
$(v).addClass("redtext"); //custom class - allows me to make all errors red without having to add a ForeColor property to every validator
setStatusMessage(v.errormessage, "red", -1); // setStatusMessage is a function I wrote, replace with another alert system if desired, or delete this line
} else {
/*the following prevents control being seen as valid if there are two or more validators for the control - example: required field validator, then custom or regex validator (first would be invalid, second would be valid for empty field)*/
if (!$.inArray(strControlToValidateID, arrInvalidControls)) {
$controlToValidate.removeClass("error");
$controlToValidate.css("border-color", "");
} else {
//console.log(strControlToValidateID + " is already invalid.");
}
}
});
});
I hope this helps someone!
