| Spread for ASP.NET 8.0 Product Documentation > Client-Side Scripting Reference > Scripting Overview > Some Simple Uses of Client Scripting > Doing a Quick Validation Before Postback | 
You can use client-side scripting in Spread to get the Update button and map your own click event for it. This allows you to perform client-side validations before the data gets posted to the server. If it succeeds, then the Update postback occurs. The following code sets up this validation.
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                    <script language="javascript"> function window.onload() { var updbtn = FpSpread1.all("FpSpread1_Update"); updbtn.onclick = test; } function test() { if(succeeds) doPostBack(FpSpread1.id, "Update"); } </script>  | 
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