Web Forms :: Can Add Validator Control Programmatically

I am adding validator controls to a page on runtime. When I do this it seems to work except for one thing: the page doesn't get validated (the Validate() method is not invoked) - neither on the client nor on the server. However when I can Validate() myself, the validators do their work and generate the required errors. So it looks like the simple fact of adding a validator programmatically causes the page validation to not take place. My page does have validators in the aspx file - they work fine when I don't add any programatically, but as soon as I do add one programatically, the Validate() method is not invoked.

The way I add the validators is by creating an instance, giving values to all relevant properties, and then adding to the page control collection. I tried this in the PageLoad, and prior page-cycle events. The same result occured. I also tried with or without having a ValidationGroup, and with or without having a ValidationSummary control on the page. The same result occured.