IValidator Interface (System.Web.UI)

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IValidator Interface

Defines the properties and methods that objects that participate in Web Forms validation must implement.

Namespace: System.Web.UI
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Level := AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _
<AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Level := AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _
Public Interface IValidator

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As IValidator

[AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
[AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
public interface IValidator

Visual C++

[AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction::LinkDemand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel::Minimal)]
[AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction::InheritanceDemand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel::Minimal)]
public interface class IValidator

JScript

public interface IValidator

Remarks

Classes that implement this interface represent a possible user input error. When the Validate method is called, the class updates its IsValid property to signify whether the error occurred. The ErrorMessage property contains a text description of the error condition that you can display when the error occurs.

The BaseValidator class implements this interface, and all other ASP.NET validation server control classes inherit from BaseValidator. For information on validation server controls and how they work, see Validation ASP.NET Controls.

For details on how to develop custom ASP.NET validation server controls, see How to: Validate with a Custom Function for ASP.NET Server Controls.

Examples

Security Note:
This example has a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.

Visual Basic

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html  >
   <head>
    <title>IValidator Example demonstrating IsValid & ErrorMessage</title>
<script language="VB" runat="server">

         Sub Button_Click(sender As [Object], e As EventArgs)
            ' Generating a random number.
            Dim rand_s As New Random()
            myCompareValidate.ValueToCompare = rand_s.Next(1, 10).ToString()

            ' Set the ErrorMessage.
            myCompareValidate.ErrorMessage = "Try Again!!"
            myCompareValidate.Validate()

            ' Check for Validity of control.
            If myCompareValidate.IsValid And myTextBox.Text <> "" Then
               labelOutput.Text = "You guessed correctly!!"
               labelOutput.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue
            Else
               labelOutput.Text = "You guessed poorly"
               labelOutput.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black
            End If

            labelOutput.Text += "<br /><br />" + "The number is: " + _
               myCompareValidate.ValueToCompare
         End Sub 'Button_Click

  </script>
</head>
    <body>
       <form runat="server" id="myForm">
          <h3>IValidator Example demonstrating IsValid & ErrorMessage</h3>
          <h5>Guess!! a number between 1 and 10:</h5>
          <asp:TextBox id="myTextBox" runat="server" />
          <asp:CompareValidator id="myCompareValidate"
               ControlToValidate="myTextBox" ValueToCompare="0"
               EnableClientScript="False" Type="Integer" Text="*"
               runat="server" />
          <br />
          <asp:Button Text="Submit" OnClick="Button_Click" runat="server" />
          <br />
          <asp:Label id="labelOutput" runat="server" />
          <br />
          <asp:ValidationSummary id="Summary1" runat="server" />
       </form>
    </body>
</html>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html  >
  <head>
    <title>IValidator Example demonstrating IsValid & ErrorMessage</title>
<script language="C#" runat="server">

     void Button_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
     {
        // Generating the random number.
        Random rand_s = new Random();
        myCompareValidate.ValueToCompare = rand_s.Next(1, 10).ToString();

        // Setting the ErrorMessage.
        myCompareValidate.ErrorMessage="Try Again!!";
        myCompareValidate.Validate();

        // Check for Validity of control.
        if ((myCompareValidate.IsValid) && (myTextBox.Text != ""))
        {
           labelOutput.Text = "You guessed correctly!!";
           labelOutput.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
        }
        else
        {
           labelOutput.Text =  "You guessed poorly";
           labelOutput.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
        }

        labelOutput.Text += "<br /><br />" + "The number is: " +
           myCompareValidate.ValueToCompare;
     }

  </script>
</head>
    <body>
      <form runat="server" id="myForm">
        <h3>IValidator Example demonstrating IsValid & ErrorMessage</h3>
        <h5>Guess!! a number between 1 and 10 :</h5>
        <asp:TextBox id="myTextBox" runat="server" />
        <asp:CompareValidator id="myCompareValidate"
             ControlToValidate="myTextBox" ValueToCompare="0"
             EnableClientScript="False" Type="Integer" Text="*"
             runat="server" />
        <br />
        <asp:Button Text="Submit" OnClick="Button_Click" runat="server" />
        <br />
        <asp:Label id="labelOutput" runat="server" />
        <br />
        <asp:ValidationSummary id="Summary1" runat="server" />
     </form>
  </body>
</html>

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, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

IValidator Members

System.Web.UI Namespace

RegularExpressionValidator

RequiredFieldValidator

Other Resources

How to: Validate with a Custom Function for ASP.NET Server Controls

Validation ASP.NET Controls