ContainerControl.Validate Method (Boolean) (System.Windows.Forms)

Validate Method (Boolean)

.NET Framework Class Library

ContainerControl..::.Validate Method (Boolean)

Verifies the value of the control that is losing focus; conditionally dependent on whether automatic validation is turned on.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Function Validate ( _
    checkAutoValidate As Boolean _
) As Boolean

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As ContainerControl
Dim checkAutoValidate As Boolean
Dim returnValue As Boolean

returnValue = instance.Validate(checkAutoValidate)

public bool Validate(
    bool checkAutoValidate
)

Visual C++

public:
bool Validate(
    bool checkAutoValidate
)

JScript

public function Validate(
    checkAutoValidate : boolean
) : boolean

Parameters

checkAutoValidate: Type: System..::.Boolean
If true, the value of the AutoValidate property is used to determine if validation should be performed; if false, validation is unconditionally performed.

Return Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true if validation is successful; otherwise, false. If called from the Validating or Validated event handlers, this method will always return false.

Remarks

The Validate method validates the last child control that is not validated and its ancestors up through, but not including, the current container control. This overloaded version performs validation based on the following conditions:

If the checkAutoValidate parameter is true, validation always occurs for child controls that are not validated.
If the checkAutoValidate parameter is false, validation occurs only if the AutoValidate property of the control's parent is enabled.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Reference

ContainerControl Class

ContainerControl Members

Validate Overload

System.Windows.Forms Namespace