How do I check all validations ok before proceeding using Visual Studio 2008

[kilabyte]

Hi,

First post on here, I can't see that the question has been asked before.

I am new to Visual Studio 2008 (using VB), but a seasoned programmer using Access and VBA.

I have created a web site in VS and a form that the user fills in on a web page. The results are written to a record on a server once the send button is clicked on.

10 items on the screen are validated (is a named entered, is an address entered, do money fields have a value etc) and a validation summary is created for any errors found.

What I need to do is check if any items are shown in the summary before proceeding to write the file. If validation errors exist then the file is not posted.

I have a Send button but that works whether a validation summary is displayed or not.

Is their a way to read if a summary is displayed (validation errors exist) or not in VB 2008.

I thought this may have shown it

Me.ValidationSummary1.Visible

but it always shows as true.

Any ideas (sure this must be simple when you know how and I am missing something obvious)?

[kenobewan]

If you want to display the validation summary then:

Me.ValidationSummary1.Visible = true ' or false to hide

[kilabyte]

Thanks for the reply, but not a solution to my problem.

Sorry probably not explained myself well.

I know how to turn the summary on and off.

What I need to do is detect whether the summary is actually displaying validation text (IE. validation errors are present on the page). If it is then I want to return out of the sub and not proceed until all the fields are correct filled in by the user.

If no validation check text is showing (IE. user has filled in all the fields correctly) then to proceed to the next page.

I could do it the old fashioned way in code to check each textbox has the expected output. But surely if the VS (VB) validator has already picked errors up I should be able to read that somehow as a group flag or similar.

[Frinavale]

Thanks for the reply, but not a solution to my problem.

Sorry probably not explained myself well.

I know how to turn the summary on and off.

What I need to do is detect whether the summary is actually displaying validation text (IE. validation errors are present on the page). If it is then I want to return out of the sub and not proceed until all the fields are correct filled in by the user.

If no validation check text is showing (IE. user has filled in all the fields correctly) then to proceed to the next page.

I could do it the old fashioned way in code to check each textbox has the expected output. But surely if the VS (VB) validator has already picked errors up I should be able to read that somehow as a group flag or similar.

Does this article help you at all?


-Frinny

[kilabyte]

Superb, thats exactly what I was looking for.

I was sure an easy way must exist.

Thanks for the help.