ContainerControl.ValidateChildren Método

public:
 virtual bool ValidateChildren();

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public virtual bool ValidateChildren ();

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
abstract member ValidateChildren : unit -> bool
override this.ValidateChildren : unit -> bool

Public Overridable Function ValidateChildren () As Boolean

Devoluciones

true si todos los elementos secundarios se validan correctamente; de lo contrario, false. Si se llama desde los controladores de eventos Validating o Validated, este método siempre devolverá false.

Atributos

BrowsableAttribute

Ejemplos

En el ejemplo de código siguiente se desactiva la validación implícita de un formulario y todos sus controles contenidos y, en su lugar, se realiza manualmente la validación de todos los elementos secundarios del formulario cuando se hace clic en un botón del mouse.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;

namespace TestValidation
{
    class Form1 : Form
    {
        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }

        private TextBox firstNameBox, lastNameBox;
        private Button validateButton;
        private FlowLayoutPanel flowLayout1;

        private Form1()
        {
            this.Load += new EventHandler(Form1_Load);
        }

        void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Turn off validation when a control loses focus. This will be inherited by child
            // controls on the form, enabling us to validate the entire form when the 
            // button is clicked instead of one control at a time.
            this.AutoValidate = AutoValidate.Disable;

            flowLayout1 = new FlowLayoutPanel();
            flowLayout1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
            flowLayout1.Name = "flowLayout1";

            firstNameBox = new TextBox();
            firstNameBox.Name = "firstNameBox";
            firstNameBox.Size = new Size(75, firstNameBox.Size.Height);
            firstNameBox.CausesValidation = true;
            firstNameBox.Validating += new System.ComponentModel.CancelEventHandler(firstNameBox_Validating);
            flowLayout1.Controls.Add(firstNameBox);

            lastNameBox = new TextBox();
            lastNameBox.Name = "lastNameBox";
            lastNameBox.Size = new Size(75, lastNameBox.Size.Height);
            lastNameBox.CausesValidation = true;
            lastNameBox.Validating += new System.ComponentModel.CancelEventHandler(lastNameBox_Validating);
            flowLayout1.Controls.Add(lastNameBox);

            validateButton = new Button();
            validateButton.Text = "Validate";
            // validateButton.Location = new Point(170, 10);
            validateButton.Size = new Size(75, validateButton.Size.Height);
            validateButton.Click += new EventHandler(validateButton_Click);
            flowLayout1.Controls.Add(validateButton);

            this.Controls.Add(flowLayout1);

            this.Text = "Test Validation";
        }

        void firstNameBox_Validating(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
        {
            if (firstNameBox.Text.Length == 0)
            {
                e.Cancel = true;
            }
            else
            {
                e.Cancel = false;
            }
        }

        void lastNameBox_Validating(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
        {
            e.Cancel = false;
        }

        void validateButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (this.ValidateChildren())
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Validation succeeded!");
            }
            else
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Validation failed.");
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Public Class Form1
    Inherits Form

    'Entry point which delegates to C-style main Private Function
    Public Overloads Shared Sub Main()
        Main(System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs())
    End Sub

    Private Overloads Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
        Application.EnableVisualStyles()
        Application.Run(New Form1())
    End Sub

    Private WithEvents FirstNameBox, LastNameBox As TextBox
    Private WithEvents ValidateButton As Button
    Private FlowLayout1 As FlowLayoutPanel

    Private Sub New()
    End Sub

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        ' Turn off validation when a control loses focus. This will be inherited by child
        ' controls on the form, enabling us to validate the entire form when the 
        ' button is clicked instead of one control at a time.
        Me.AutoValidate = System.Windows.Forms.AutoValidate.Disable

        FlowLayout1 = New FlowLayoutPanel()
        FlowLayout1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill

        FirstNameBox = New TextBox()
        FirstNameBox.Name = "FirstNameBox"
        FirstNameBox.Location = New Point(10, 10)
        FirstNameBox.Size = New Size(75, FirstNameBox.Size.Height)
        FirstNameBox.CausesValidation = True
        FlowLayout1.Controls.Add(FirstNameBox)

        LastNameBox = New TextBox()
        LastNameBox.Name = "LastNameBox"
        LastNameBox.Location = New Point(90, 10)
        LastNameBox.Size = New Size(75, LastNameBox.Size.Height)
        LastNameBox.CausesValidation = True
        FlowLayout1.Controls.Add(LastNameBox)

        ValidateButton = New Button()
        ValidateButton.Text = "Validate"
        ValidateButton.Location = New Point(170, 10)
        ValidateButton.Size = New Size(75, ValidateButton.Size.Height)
        FlowLayout1.Controls.Add(ValidateButton)

        Me.Text = "Test Validation"

        Me.Controls.Add(FlowLayout1)
    End Sub


    Private Sub FirstNameBox_Validating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles FirstNameBox.Validating
        If FirstNameBox.Text.Length = 0 Then
            e.Cancel = True
        Else
            e.Cancel = False
        End If
    End Sub


    Private Sub LastNameBox_Validating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles LastNameBox.Validating
        e.Cancel = False
    End Sub


    Private Sub ValidateButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles ValidateButton.Click
        If ValidateChildren() Then
            MessageBox.Show("Validation succeeded!")
        Else
            MessageBox.Show("Validation failed.")
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

Comentarios

ValidateChildren descenderá la jerarquía de un control y examinará cada control para ver si admite la validación. Si el usuario puede seleccionar el control y su CausesValidation propiedad es true, ValidateChildren hará que se produzca el Validating evento. Si alguno de los controles cancela el Validating evento, este método devolverá false; de lo contrario, devolverá true.

Si un control está enlazado a un origen de datos y se produce el Validating evento, hará que el control vuelva a insertar sus datos actuales en el origen de datos.

La llamada ValidateChildren es equivalente a llamar ValidateChildren a con un ValidationConstraints de None.

public:
 virtual bool ValidateChildren(System::Windows::Forms::ValidationConstraints validationConstraints);

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public virtual bool ValidateChildren (System.Windows.Forms.ValidationConstraints validationConstraints);

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
abstract member ValidateChildren : System.Windows.Forms.ValidationConstraints -> bool
override this.ValidateChildren : System.Windows.Forms.ValidationConstraints -> bool

Public Overridable Function ValidateChildren (validationConstraints As ValidationConstraints) As Boolean

Parámetros

Devoluciones

true si todos los elementos secundarios se validan correctamente; de lo contrario, false. Si se llama desde los controladores de eventos Validating o Validated, este método siempre devolverá false.

Atributos

BrowsableAttribute

Ejemplos

En el ejemplo de código siguiente solo se producirá el Validating evento para los elementos secundarios inmediatos del formulario cuya Enabled propiedad es true.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace ValidateChildrenWithConstraints
{
    class Form1 : Form
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }

        private Form1()
        {
            this.Load += new EventHandler(Form1_Load);
        }

        void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Create controls on form.
            TextBox textBox1, textBox2, textBox3;
            FlowLayoutPanel flowPanel1;
            TextBox subTextBox1;
            Button button1;

            this.Size = new Size(500, 300);
            this.AutoValidate = AutoValidate.Disable;

            textBox1 = new TextBox();
            textBox1.Location = new Point(20, 20);
            textBox1.Size = new Size(75, textBox1.Size.Height);
            textBox1.CausesValidation = true;
            textBox1.Validating += new System.ComponentModel.CancelEventHandler(textBox1_Validating);
            this.Controls.Add(textBox1);

            textBox2 = new TextBox();
            textBox2.Location = new Point(105, 20);
            textBox2.Size = new Size(75, textBox2.Size.Height);
            textBox2.CausesValidation = true;
            textBox2.Validating += new System.ComponentModel.CancelEventHandler(textBox2_Validating);
            this.Controls.Add(textBox2);

            textBox3 = new TextBox();
            textBox3.Location = new Point(190, 20);
            textBox3.Size = new Size(75, textBox3.Size.Height);
            textBox3.Enabled = false;
            textBox3.CausesValidation = true;
            textBox3.Validating += new System.ComponentModel.CancelEventHandler(textBox3_Validating);
            this.Controls.Add(textBox3);

            button1 = new Button();
            button1.Text = "Click";
            button1.Location = new Point(270, 20);
            button1.Click += new EventHandler(button1_Click);
            this.Controls.Add(button1);

            flowPanel1 = new FlowLayoutPanel();
            flowPanel1.Size = new Size(400, 100);
            flowPanel1.Dock = DockStyle.Bottom;
            subTextBox1 = new TextBox();
            subTextBox1.CausesValidation = true;
            subTextBox1.Validating += new System.ComponentModel.CancelEventHandler(subTextBox1_Validating);
            flowPanel1.Controls.Add(subTextBox1);
            this.Controls.Add(flowPanel1);
        }

        void subTextBox1_Validating(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("subTextBox1 Validating!");
        }

        void textBox1_Validating(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("textBox1 Validating!");
        }

        void textBox2_Validating(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("textBox2 Validating!");
        }

        void textBox3_Validating(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("textBox3 Validating!");
        }

        void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.ValidateChildren(ValidationConstraints.ImmediateChildren | ValidationConstraints.Enabled);
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Namespace ValidateChildrenWithConstraints
    _
    Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Overloads Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            Application.EnableVisualStyles()
            Application.Run(New Form1())
        End Sub

        Private Sub New()
            AddHandler Me.Load, AddressOf Form1_Load
        End Sub

        Dim WithEvents TextBox1, TextBox2, TextBox3 As TextBox
        Dim FlowPanel1 As FlowLayoutPanel
        Dim WithEvents SubTextBox1 As TextBox
        Dim WithEvents Button1 As Button

        Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            ' Create controls on form.

            Me.Size = New Size(500, 300)
            Me.AutoValidate = AutoValidate.Disable

            TextBox1 = New TextBox()
            TextBox1.Location = New Point(20, 20)
            TextBox1.Size = New Size(75, TextBox1.Size.Height)
            TextBox1.CausesValidation = True
            Me.Controls.Add(TextBox1)

            TextBox2 = New TextBox()
            TextBox2.Location = New Point(105, 20)
            TextBox2.Size = New Size(75, TextBox2.Size.Height)
            TextBox2.CausesValidation = True
            Me.Controls.Add(TextBox2)

            TextBox3 = New TextBox()
            TextBox3.Location = New Point(190, 20)
            TextBox3.Size = New Size(75, TextBox3.Size.Height)
            TextBox3.Enabled = False
            TextBox3.CausesValidation = True
            Me.Controls.Add(TextBox3)

            Button1 = New Button()
            Button1.Text = "Click"
            Button1.Location = New Point(270, 20)
            Me.Controls.Add(Button1)

            FlowPanel1 = New FlowLayoutPanel()
            FlowPanel1.Size = New Size(400, 100)
            FlowPanel1.Dock = DockStyle.Bottom
            SubTextBox1 = New TextBox()
            SubTextBox1.CausesValidation = True
            FlowPanel1.Controls.Add(SubTextBox1)
            Me.Controls.Add(FlowPanel1)
        End Sub


        Sub SubTextBox1_Validating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles SubTextBox1.Validating
            MessageBox.Show("SubTextBox1 Validating!")
        End Sub


        Sub TextBox1_Validating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.Validating
            MessageBox.Show("TextBox1 Validating!")
        End Sub


        Sub TextBox2_Validating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles TextBox2.Validating
            MessageBox.Show("TextBox2 Validating!")
        End Sub


        Sub TextBox3_Validating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles TextBox3.Validating
            MessageBox.Show("TextBox3 Validating!")
        End Sub


        Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles button1.Click
            Me.ValidateChildren((ValidationConstraints.ImmediateChildren Or ValidationConstraints.Enabled))
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace 'ValidateChildrenWithConstraints

Comentarios

ValidateChildren examinará todos los elementos secundarios del control actual, lo que hará que el Validating evento se produzca en un control si cumple los criterios escritos por ValidationConstraints.

Puede usar varios ValidationConstraints parámetros a la vez combinandolos con un operador OR bit a bit. La combinación de parámetros con un operador OR bit a bit producirá una operación AND lógica. Por ejemplo, la llamada ValidateChildren(ValidationConstraints.ImmediateChildren | ValidationConstraints.Enabled) solo generará el Validating evento en los controles que son elementos secundarios inmediatos del contenedor Y están habilitados.

Independientemente de los parámetros que especifique para este método, un control debe tener su CausesValidation propiedad establecida true en para que se produzca su Validating evento. También debe establecer la AutoValidate propiedad del control o del contenedor false del control en si desea que la validación se produzca solo cuando llame ValidateChildrena y no cuando el usuario cambie el foco del control.

Si un control está enlazado a un origen de datos y se produce el Validating evento, hará que el control vuelva a insertar sus datos actuales en el origen de datos.

No se puede lograr el efecto opuesto de un ValidationConstraints parámetro aplicando un operador de negación bit a bit. Por ejemplo, si proporciona el valor negativo del Visible campo a ValidateChildren, no validará todos los elementos secundarios que no estén visibles en el contenedor. Proporcionar cualquier parámetro negativo a ValidateChildren no tendrá ningún efecto en el contenedor ni en sus elementos secundarios.