How to make ext.net RadioGroup a required field? - ext.net

We are using ext.net. I know how to make a textbox a required field, but am having trouble to force our user to make a selection on the radio group or a check box group. I know someone just assign a default value to one of the radio button, but our customer wants to leave them unchecked in the beginning but forces the web users to make a choice, which is understandable.
It appears IndicatorText and AllowBlank properties are not effective even though they are listed in the IntelliSense.
<ext:RadioGroup ID="rdGrpGender" runat="server"
ItemCls="x-check-group-base" FieldLabel="Gender"
ColumnsWidths="60,60"
IndicatorText="*" IndicatorCls="cssIndicator" AllowBlank="false">
<Items>
<ext:Radio ID="rdoMale" runat="server" BoxLabel="M" />
<ext:Radio ID="rdoFemale" runat="server" BoxLabel="F" />
</Items>
</ext:RadioGroup>
Can any expert help me out? Thanks a lot.

you can validate it like this
<ext:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Validate"><Listeners><Click Handler="#{rdGrpGender}.validate();" /></Listeners></ext:Button>

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Check your content types and for a PostBackTrigger on the exporting button.
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EDIT: From your comments:
You need to set a PostBackTrigger on the panel that contains the button doing the export, not the panel that contains the GridView.
EDIT EDIT: Your file-is-not-what-it-says-it-is error is due to a feature called Extension Hardening, present in Excel 2007. Check this StackOverflow question for more info; I linked to a blog post describing the reasoning for this error and a possible workaround.
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One issue with doing it this way is that the export hyperlink needs to be outside of the update panel as well which means that you might not be able to put the export hyperlink where you want it.
Granted this is probably not the best way to do it, it got me around this issue at the time. Hope it helps.

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