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ContainerControl::Validate Method
Visual Studio 2010
Verifies the value of the control losing focus by causing the Validating and Validated events to occur, in that order.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Return Value
Type: System::Booleantrue if validation is successful; otherwise, false. If called from the Validating or Validated event handlers, this method will always return false.
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 always performs validation, regardless of the value of the AutoValidate property of the control's parent. Therefore use it to unconditionally force validation.
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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