You can checkout the rules add function, but basically here’s what you can do:
jQuery(function() {
// You can specify some validation options here but not rules and messages
jQuery('form').validate();
// Add a custom class to your name mangled input and add rules like this
jQuery('.username').rules('add', {
required: true,
messages: {
required: 'Some custom message for the username required field'
}
});
});
<input name="ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$tbUsername" type="text" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_tbUsername" class="username" />
This way no need to worry about the crappy identifiers generated by the webforms engine.