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Form.ValidateChildren Method (ValidationConstraints)

.NET Framework 4.5

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This member overrides ContainerControl.ValidateChildren(ValidationConstraints), and more complete documentation might be available in that topic.

Causes all of the child controls within a control that support validation to validate their data.

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

Syntax

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[BrowsableAttribute(true)]
public override bool ValidateChildren(
	ValidationConstraints validationConstraints
)

Parameters

validationConstraints: Type: System.Windows.Forms.ValidationConstraints
Places restrictions on which controls have their Validating event raised.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if all of the children validated successfully; otherwise, false. If called from the Validating or Validated event handlers, this method will always return false.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows Server 8 Beta, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

Reference

Form Class

ValidateChildren Overload

System.Windows.Forms Namespace

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