BaseValidator.ValidationGroup Property (System.Web.UI.WebControls)

ValidationGroup Property

.NET Framework Class Library

BaseValidator..::.ValidationGroup Property

Gets or sets the name of the validation group to which this validation control belongs.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<ThemeableAttribute(False)> _
Public Overridable Property ValidationGroup As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As BaseValidator
Dim value As String

value = instance.ValidationGroup

instance.ValidationGroup = value

[ThemeableAttribute(false)]
public virtual string ValidationGroup { get; set; }

Visual C++

[ThemeableAttribute(false)]
public:
virtual property String^ ValidationGroup {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

JScript

public function get ValidationGroup () : String
public function set ValidationGroup (value : String)

ASP.NET

<asp:BaseValidator ValidationGroup="String" />

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The name of the validation group to which this validation control belongs. The default is an empty string (""), which indicates that this property is not set.

Remarks

ASP.NET provides many controls that have the ability to post back to the server. When one of these controls has its CausesValidation property set to true, validation is performed when the control posts back to server. The following controls have the ability to post back to the server:

Note:
Some of these controls post back to the server only when the AutoPostBack property is set to true.

These controls each have a ValidationGroup property that, when set, validates only the validation controls within the specified group when the control triggers a post back to the server. Use the ValidationGroup property to assign a validation control to a validation group. The Page class also exposes a GetValidators method and a Validate method that accept a ValidationGroup input parameter.

This property cannot be set by themes or style sheet themes. For more information, see ThemeableAttribute and ASP.NET Themes and Skins Overview.

Topic	Location
Walkthrough: Validating User Input in a Web Forms Page	Building ASP .NET Web Applications in Visual Studio
Walkthrough: Validating User Input in a Web Forms Page	Building Applications with Visual Web Developer
Walkthrough: Validating User Input in a Web Forms Page	Building ASP .NET Web Applications in Visual Studio

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the ValidationGroup property to assign a validation control to a group.

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

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>

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

      <h3>BaseValidator ValidationGroup Example</h3>

      Please enter your name:<br/>
      <asp:textbox id="NameTextBox" 
        runat="server"/>

      <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="NameTextBoxRequiredValidator" 
        controltovalidate="NameTextBox"
        display="Dynamic" 
        text="Please enter your name."
        validationgroup="UserInfoGroup" 
        runat="server"/>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:button id="SubmitButton"
        text="Submit"
        validationgroup="UserInfoGroup" 
        runat="server"/>

      <hr/>

      Please enter a search topic:<br/>
      <asp:textbox id="SearchTextBox" 
        runat="server"/>

      <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="SearchTextBoxRequiredValidator" 
        controltovalidate="SearchTextBox"
        display="Dynamic" 
        text="Please enter a topic."
        validationgroup="SearchGroup"
        runat="server"/>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:button id="SearchButton"
        text="Search"
        validationgroup="SearchGroup"
        runat="server"/>

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

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

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

      <h3>BaseValidator ValidationGroup Example</h3>

      Please enter your name:<br/>
      <asp:textbox id="NameTextBox" 
        runat="server"/>

      <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="NameTextBoxRequiredValidator" 
        controltovalidate="NameTextBox"
        display="Dynamic" 
        text="Please enter your name."
        validationgroup="UserInfoGroup" 
        runat="server"/>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:button id="SubmitButton"
        text="Submit"
        validationgroup="UserInfoGroup" 
        runat="server"/>

      <hr/>

      Please enter a search topic:<br/>
      <asp:textbox id="SearchTextBox" 
        runat="server"/>

      <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="SearchTextBoxRequiredValidator" 
        controltovalidate="SearchTextBox"
        display="Dynamic" 
        text="Please enter a topic."
        validationgroup="SearchGroup"
        runat="server"/>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:button id="SearchButton"
        text="Search"
        validationgroup="SearchGroup"
        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

Reference

BaseValidator Class

BaseValidator Members

System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace

IButtonControl..::.CausesValidation

IButtonControl..::.ValidationGroup

Validate

GetValidators