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BaseValidator::Enabled Property

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the validation control is enabled.

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

public:
virtual property bool Enabled {
	bool get () override;
	void set (bool value) override;
}
<asp:BaseValidator Enabled="True|False" />

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean
true if the validation control is enabled; otherwise, false. The default is true.

Use the Enabled property to specify whether the validation control is enabled. You can disable the validation control by setting this property to false.

Setting either the Control::Visible or the Enabled property to false will prevent validation from being performed. This causes the IsValid property to always evaluate to true.

The Enabled property is slightly different from the Control::Visible property. If the Control::Visible property for a validation control is set to true, but the Enabled property is set to false, the validation control is still rendered for client-side validation, but in a disabled state. You can then re-enable the validation control on the client by using DHTML script.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Enabled property to enable or disable the validation controls on the Web page using server-side code.

Security noteSecurity 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.

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The following code example demonstrates how to use the Enabled property to enable or disable the validation controls on the Web page using client-side code.

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, 1.0
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