Manually set validation error

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is there a way to manually set/trigger a validation error via JS like in the image below?

[ScottR]

Welcome to the forum!
Yes this can be done in JS, but what is the use case? Since this can easily be done in a component built into rRetool, why implement it manually?

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Forgot to update this thread. We ended up using a different approach. Thanks for the help @ScottR