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ValidationSummaryDisplayMode Enumeration

Specifies the validation summary display mode used by the ValidationSummary control.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
public enum ValidationSummaryDisplayMode
Member name Description
List Validation summary displayed in a list.
BulletList Validation summary displayed in a bulleted list.
SingleParagraph Validation summary displayed in a single paragraph.

The ValidationSummaryDisplayMode enumeration represents the different display formats of a ValidationSummary control.

The following example demonstrates how to specify the display mode for a ValidationSummary control.

Security note 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.



<%@ Page Language="C#"%>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">

      Name:<br/>
      <asp:textbox id="NameTextBox"
        runat="server"/>

      <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="NameTextBoxRequiredValidator"
        controltovalidate="NameTextBox"
        errormessage="Name field."
        text="Please enter your name"
        runat="server"/>     

      <br/>  

      City:<br/>
      <asp:textbox id="CityTextBox"
        runat="server"/>

      <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="CityTextBoxRequiredValidator"
        controltovalidate="CityTextBox"
        errormessage="City field."
        text="Please enter the city."
        runat="server"/> 

      <br/>

      <asp:Button id="SubmitButton"
        text="Submit"
        runat="server"/>

      <hr/>

      <asp:ValidationSummary 
        id="valSum" 
        displaymode="BulletList" 
        headertext="You must enter a value in the following fields:"
        runat="server"/>

    </form>
  </body>
</html>
 


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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