ContainerControl::ValidateChildren Method
Updated: August 2008
Causes all of the child controls within a control that support validation to validate their data.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Return Value
Type: System::Booleantrue if all of the children validated successfully; otherwise, false. If called from the Validating or Validated event handlers, this method will always return false.
ValidateChildren will descend a control's hierarchy and examine each control to see if it supports validation. If the control can be selected by the user and its CausesValidation property is true, ValidateChildren will cause the Validating event to occur. If any of the controls cancel the Validating event, this method will return false; otherwise, it will return true.
If a control is bound to a data source, and the Validating event occurs, it will cause the control to push its current data back to the data source.
Calling ValidateChildren is equivalent to calling ValidateChildren with a ValidationConstraints of None.
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
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