ASPxEdit.ValidateEditorsInContainer(Control) Method

Performs validation of visible editors that are located within the specified container.

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

public static bool ValidateEditorsInContainer(
    Control container
)

Public Shared Function ValidateEditorsInContainer(
    container As Control
) As Boolean

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
container	Control	A Control object that specifies the container of the editors to be validated.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true if the specified visible editors pass validation; otherwise, false.

Example

This example demonstrates how to validate editors in a container on the server side. The ASPxEdit.ValidateEditorsInContainer method is used to determine the validity of editors within a callback panel.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-validate-editors-in-the-container-on-the-server-side-e3633

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="DevExpress.Web.v11.1, Version=11.1.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a"
    Namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxCallbackPanel" TagPrefix="dx" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="DevExpress.Web.v11.1, Version=11.1.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a"
    Namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxPanel" TagPrefix="dx" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="DevExpress.Web.ASPxEditors.v11.1, Version=11.1.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a"
    Namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxEditors" TagPrefix="dx" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>How to validate editors in container </title>

    <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
        function Validate(s, e) {
            if (ASPxClientEdit.ValidateGroup('testGroup'))
                ClientCallbackPanelDemo.PerformCallback('');
        }
    </script>

</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <dx:ASPxButton ID="ASPxButtonSave" runat="server" Text="Validate" AutoPostBack="False">
            <ClientSideEvents Click="Validate" />
        </dx:ASPxButton>
        <br />
        <dx:ASPxCallbackPanel ID="ASPxCallbackPanelDemo" runat="server"  HideContentOnCallback="False"
            ClientInstanceName="ClientCallbackPanelDemo" OnCallback="ASPxCallbackPanelDemo_Callback">
            <PanelCollection>
                <dx:PanelContent ID="PanelContent1" runat="server">
                    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" runat="server" id="serverContainer">
                        <tr>
                            <td style="width: 60px;">
                                <dx:ASPxLabel runat="server" ID="NameLabel" AssociatedControlID="txtNum1" Text="Number 1:" />
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <dx:ASPxTextBox ID="txtNum1" runat="server" Width="170px" OnValidation="ASPxTextBoxTest_Validation">
                                    <ValidationSettings ValidationGroup="testGroup">
                                        <RequiredField IsRequired="True" ErrorText="Number 1 is required" />
                                    </ValidationSettings>
                                </dx:ASPxTextBox>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td style="width: 60px;">
                                <dx:ASPxLabel runat="server" ID="ASPxLabel1" AssociatedControlID="txtNum2" Text="Number 2:" />
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <dx:ASPxTextBox ID="txtNum2" runat="server" Width="170px" OnValidation="ASPxTextBoxTest_Validation">
                                    <ValidationSettings ValidationGroup="testGroup">
                                        <RequiredField IsRequired="True" ErrorText="Number 2 is required"/>
                                    </ValidationSettings>
                                </dx:ASPxTextBox>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    </table>
                </dx:PanelContent>
            </PanelCollection>
        </dx:ASPxCallbackPanel>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using DevExpress.Web.ASPxEditors;
using DevExpress.Web.ASPxCallbackPanel;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page {


    protected void Page_Init (object sender, EventArgs e) {

    }

    protected void ASPxCallbackPanelDemo_Callback (object sender, DevExpress.Web.ASPxClasses.CallbackEventArgsBase e) {
        ASPxCallbackPanel callbackPanel = (ASPxCallbackPanel)sender;
        bool isValid = ASPxEdit.ValidateEditorsInContainer(callbackPanel);
    }
    protected void ASPxTextBoxTest_Validation (object sender, ValidationEventArgs e) {
        ASPxTextBox txt = sender as ASPxTextBox;
        int val;
        bool result = Int32.TryParse(txt.Text, out val);
        e.IsValid = result;
        e.ErrorText = "An input value should be a number";
    }
}

<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="DevExpress.Web.v11.1, Version=11.1.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a"
    Namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxCallbackPanel" TagPrefix="dx" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="DevExpress.Web.v11.1, Version=11.1.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a"
    Namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxPanel" TagPrefix="dx" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="DevExpress.Web.ASPxEditors.v11.1, Version=11.1.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a"
    Namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxEditors" TagPrefix="dx" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>How to validate editors in container </title>

    <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
        function Validate(s, e) {
            if (ASPxClientEdit.ValidateGroup('testGroup'))
                ClientCallbackPanelDemo.PerformCallback('');
        }
    </script>

</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <dx:ASPxButton ID="ASPxButtonSave" runat="server" Text="Validate" AutoPostBack="False">
            <ClientSideEvents Click="Validate" />
        </dx:ASPxButton>
        <br />
        <dx:ASPxCallbackPanel ID="ASPxCallbackPanelDemo" runat="server"  HideContentOnCallback="False"
            ClientInstanceName="ClientCallbackPanelDemo" OnCallback="ASPxCallbackPanelDemo_Callback">
            <PanelCollection>
                <dx:PanelContent ID="PanelContent1" runat="server">
                    <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" runat="server" id="serverContainer">
                        <tr>
                            <td style="width: 60px;">
                                <dx:ASPxLabel runat="server" ID="NameLabel" AssociatedControlID="txtNum1" Text="Number 1:" />
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <dx:ASPxTextBox ID="txtNum1" runat="server" Width="170px" OnValidation="ASPxTextBoxTest_Validation">
                                    <ValidationSettings ValidationGroup="testGroup">
                                        <RequiredField IsRequired="True" ErrorText="Number 1 is required" />
                                    </ValidationSettings>
                                </dx:ASPxTextBox>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td style="width: 60px;">
                                <dx:ASPxLabel runat="server" ID="ASPxLabel1" AssociatedControlID="txtNum2" Text="Number 2:" />
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <dx:ASPxTextBox ID="txtNum2" runat="server" Width="170px" OnValidation="ASPxTextBoxTest_Validation">
                                    <ValidationSettings ValidationGroup="testGroup">
                                        <RequiredField IsRequired="True" ErrorText="Number 1 is required"/>
                                    </ValidationSettings>
                                </dx:ASPxTextBox>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    </table>
                </dx:PanelContent>
            </PanelCollection>
        </dx:ASPxCallbackPanel>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports DevExpress.Web.ASPxEditors
Imports DevExpress.Web.ASPxCallbackPanel

Partial Public Class _Default
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page


    Protected Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

    End Sub

    Protected Sub ASPxCallbackPanelDemo_Callback(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.Web.ASPxClasses.CallbackEventArgsBase)
        Dim callbackPanel As ASPxCallbackPanel = CType(sender, ASPxCallbackPanel)
        Dim isValid As Boolean = ASPxEdit.ValidateEditorsInContainer(callbackPanel)
    End Sub
    Protected Sub ASPxTextBoxTest_Validation(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ValidationEventArgs)
        Dim txt As ASPxTextBox = TryCast(sender, ASPxTextBox)
        Dim val As Integer
        Dim result As Boolean = Int32.TryParse(txt.Text, val)
        e.IsValid = result
        e.ErrorText = "An input value should be a number"
    End Sub
End Class

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}
if (ASPxEdit.ValidateEditorsInContainer(registrationFormLayout))
    Response.Redirect("RegisteredPage.aspx");

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FormLayout.FindItemOrGroupByName("GeneralError").Visible = false;
if(ASPxEdit.ValidateEditorsInContainer(this)) {
    // DXCOMMENT: You Authentication logic

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