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Error Provider to validate the text in a TextBox

Error Provider to validate the text in a TextBox

  using System;
  using System.Drawing;
  using System.Collections;
  using System.ComponentModel;
  using System.Windows.Forms;
  using System.Data;

  public class ErrorForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form
  {
    private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
    private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnValidate;
    private System.Windows.Forms.ErrorProvider errorProvider1;
    private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtInput;

    public ErrorForm()
    {
      InitializeComponent();
      CenterToScreen();
    }
    private void InitializeComponent()
    {
      this.errorProvider1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ErrorProvider();
      this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
      this.txtInput = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
      this.btnValidate = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
      this.SuspendLayout();
      // 
      // errorProvider1
      // 
      this.errorProvider1.BlinkRate = 500;
      this.errorProvider1.BlinkStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ErrorBlinkStyle.AlwaysBlink;
      // 
      // label1
      // 
      this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 8);
      this.label1.Name = "label1";
      this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(376, 56);
      this.label1.TabIndex = 2;
      this.label1.Text = "The following text box only allows 5 characters.";
      // 
      // txtInput
      // 
      this.txtInput.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(144, 80);
      this.txtInput.Name = "txtInput";
      this.txtInput.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(120, 20);
      this.txtInput.TabIndex = 0;
      this.txtInput.Text = "";
      this.txtInput.Validating += new System.ComponentModel.CancelEventHandler(this.txtInput_Validating);
      // 
      // btnValidate
      // 
      this.btnValidate.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 72);
      this.btnValidate.Name = "btnValidate";
      this.btnValidate.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(112, 32);
      this.btnValidate.TabIndex = 1;
      this.btnValidate.Text = "OK";
      // 
      // ErrorForm
      // 
      this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
      this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(400, 125);
      this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                      this.label1,
                                      this.btnValidate,
                                      this.txtInput});
      this.Name = "ErrorForm";
      this.Text = "Error Trapper";
      this.ResumeLayout(false);

    }

    static void Main() 
    {
      Application.Run(new ErrorForm());
    }

    private void txtInput_Validating(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
    {
      if(txtInput.Text.ToString().Length > 5) {
        errorProvider1.SetError( txtInput, "Can't be greater than 5!");
      } 
      else{
        errorProvider1.SetError(txtInput, "");
        }
    }
  }

           
       








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