i have a jquery form validation in the master page and it works fine and i got that working from this article: http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=310

my question is: if i place the .js to external and add a reference to my page then its not working... it says object expected

here is how i have done:

in my content page (i am using master page, asp.net )

add in my content page:

<script src="myform_validation.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

    $(document).ready(function() {       
        ValidateMe(this);
    });
</script>

below is in the external .js file:

 function ValidateMe() { 

            $("#aspnetForm").validate({
                rules: 
                {
                        <%=TextBox1.UniqueID %>: 
                        {
                            maxlength:1,
                            //minlength: 12,
                            required: true
                        },
                         <%=TextBox2.UniqueID %>: 
                        {
                            minlength: 12,
                            required: true
                        },
                         <%=TextBox3.UniqueID %>: 
                        {
                            minlength: 12,
                            required: true
                        }//,
//                    
                },          
                messages: 
                    {
                        <%=TextBox1.UniqueID %>:
                        { 
                            required: "Enter your firstname", 
                            minlength: jQuery.format("Enter at least {0} characters") 
                        },
                         <%=TextBox2.UniqueID %>:
                        { 
                            required: "Please enter a valid email address",
                              minlength: "Please enter a valid email address"
                        }  ,
                          <%=TextBox3.UniqueID %>:
                        { 
                            required: "Enter your firstname", 
                            minlength: jQuery.format("Enter at least {0} characters") 
                        }

                     }    , 


          success: function(label) {
            // set &nbsp; as text for IE
            label.html("&nbsp;").addClass("checked");
        }

        });
        } ;