RegularExpressionAttribute::FormatErrorMessage Method (String^)

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Formats the error message to display if the regular expression validation fails.

Namespace:   System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
Assembly:  System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations (in System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll)

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virtual String^ FormatErrorMessage(
	String^ name
) override

Parameters

name
Type: System::String^

The name of the field that caused the validation failure.

Return Value

Type: System::String^

The formatted error message.

The FormatErrorMessage creates the error message by using the name of the data field that caused the validation failure. You can override this method in custom validation attributes to customize how errors are created or to provide a more complex message that contains parameters that you evaluate at run time.

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 3.5
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 3.0
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