Learning Peter's Professional Validation

Tutorials for Peter's Professional Validation

	General


	Validator controls


		Formatting features on a Validator


		Drawing the user's attention to the errors


		Evaluation rules of the Validator controls


			ABARoutingNumberValidator: Confirms the ABA Routing Number pattern


			CharacterValidator: Requires a specific characterset is used


			CheckStateValidator: Evaluates the Checked property on a CheckBox or RadioButtonh


			CompareToValueValidator: Compares the value of a field to a value that you specify


			CompareTwoFieldsValidator: Compares the values of two fields to each other


			CompareToStringsValidator: Compares the value of a field to a list of strings


			CountSelectionsValidator: Ensures the number of selected items of a multiselection ListBox or CheckBoxList are within a range


			CountTrueConditionsValidator: Flexible way to count a number of elements


			CreditCardNumberValidator: Confirms the Credit Card Number pattern


			CustomValidator: Create your own evaluation code


			DataTypeCheckValidator: Evaluates a textual value represents a specific data type


			DifferenceValidator: Compares the difference between two fields are apart by an amount


			DuplicateEntryValidator: Evaluates 3 or more fields to avoid duplicate entry


			EmailAddressValidator: Evaluates a textual value is the Email Address pattern


			IgnoreConditionValidator: Used to add a server side error to the page


			ListSizeValidator: Ensures the number of items in a ListBox are within a range


			MultiConditionValidator: Build complex boolean expressions using all types of validators


			MultipleRequiredControlsValidator: Evaluates multiple fields have been assigned


			RangeValidator: Compares the value of a field to a range


			RegexValidator: Ensures a textual value matches a pattern defined using a regular expression


			RequiredListValidator: Determines if a list-type control has a selection


			RequiredSelectionValidator: Determines of Calendar and other visual controls have a selection.


			RequiredTextValidator: Determines if a textual control has a value


			SelectedIndexValidator: Determines if a list-type control has a specific index selected


			SelectedIndexRangesValidator: Determines if a list-type control has one of several indices selected


			TextLengthValidator: Ensures that the number of characters in a textbox is within a range


			UnwantedWordsValidator: Reports errors when unwanted words have been entered into a textbox


			WordCountValidator: Ensures that the number of words in a textbox is within a range


	ValidationSummary control

Product Documentation for Peter's Professional Validation

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		Validation groups: buttons are associated with specific validators


		The Enabler property: enabling the validator based on the state of other controls


			ErrorFormatters: formatting of the Validator and CombinedErrorMessages controls


			ErrorFormatterSkinID property: defining global ErrorFormatters and using an alternative syntax to setup ErrorFormatters


			NoErrorFormatter property: showing text or an image on a validator when there is no error, such as after the error was fixed


			CombinedErrorMessages control. Improving formatting when several Validators are on the same field


			Demonstrates using a changed style sheet on the data entry field to call attention to errors


			Demonstrates changing the style of the field label and other elements nearby the data entry field


			Demonstrates moving the focus to the data entry control to call attention to errors


			Demonstrates using blinking error messages to call attention to errors


		DisplayMode and HyperLinkToFields properties: ways to format the error messages


		Demonstrates properties that determine when to display the ValidationSummary


		Demonstrates how to set the overall appearance, including header and footer


		RelatedControlID property: showing and hiding another control