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RequiredFieldValidator::InitialValue Property

Gets or sets the base value for the validator. The default value is nullptr.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.MobileControls
Assembly:  System.Web.Mobile (in System.Web.Mobile.dll)

[BindableAttribute(true)]
public:
property String^ InitialValue {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator InitialValue="String" />

Property Value

Type: System::String
The base value for the validator.

During validation, the validator compares a submitted value to the value of the InitialValue property. If the values are the same, the validator assumes that the value for the required field has not been filled in and reports a validation error.

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.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1
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