aborting postback

hi guys,

Just wondering how do i or is it even possible to abort a postback when using atlas. The reason why i am asking is that i have some text fields that require validation before a async postback is performed. If the validation fails then i would like to cancel or abort the async postback and alert the user.

any syntax or code snippets would be great

thanks

hello.

maybe something like this: $object("_PageRequestManager").abortPostBack();