System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.Validate Method

Verifies the value of the control that is losing focus; conditionally dependent on whether automatic validation is turned on.

Syntax

public bool Validate (bool checkAutoValidate)

Parameters

checkAutoValidate
If true, the value of the ContainerControl.AutoValidate property is used to determine if validation should be performed; if false, validation is unconditionally performed.

Returns

true if validation is successful; otherwise, false. If called from the Control.Validating or Control.Validated event handlers, this method will always return false.

Remarks

The erload:System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.Validate method validates the last child control that is not validated and its ancestors up through, but not including, the current container control. This overloaded version performs validation based on the following conditions:

  • If the checkAutoValidate parameter is true, validation always occurs for child controls that are not validated.

  • If the checkAutoValidate parameter is false, validation occurs only if the ContainerControl.AutoValidate property of the control's parent is enabled.

Requirements

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Assembly Versions: 2.0.0.0