TextBox with default ErrorTemplate : TextBox Validation « Windows Presentation Foundation « C# / CSharp Tutorial

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3. TextBox Validation

<Window
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
  xmlns:c="clr-namespace:WpfApplication1"
  x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1"
  Title="Binding Validation Sample"
  SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight"
  ResizeMode="NoResize">
    <Window.Resources>
        <c:MyDataSource x:Key="ods"/>

    </Window.Resources>
    <StackPanel>
        <TextBox Name="textBox2" Width="50" FontSize="15">
            <TextBox.Text>
                <Binding Path="Age2" Source="{StaticResource ods}" UpdateSourceTrigger="PropertyChanged" >
                    <Binding.ValidationRules>
                        <c:AgeRangeRule Min="21" Max="30"/>
                    </Binding.ValidationRules>
                </Binding>
            </TextBox.Text>
        </TextBox>

    </StackPanel>
</Window>

//File:Window.xaml.cs
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;

namespace WpfApplication1
{
    public partial class Window1 : Window
    {
        public Window1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
    }
    public class AgeRangeRule : ValidationRule
    {
        private int _min;
        private int _max;

        public AgeRangeRule()
        {
        }

        public int Min
        {
            get { return _min; }
            set { _min = value; }
        }

        public int Max
        {
            get { return _max; }
            set { _max = value; }
        }

        public override ValidationResult Validate(object value, CultureInfo cultureInfo)
        {
            int age = 0;

            try
            {
                if (((string)value).Length > 0)
                    age = Int32.Parse((String)value);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                return new ValidationResult(false, "Illegal characters or " + e.Message);
            }

            if ((age < Min) || (age > Max))
            {
                return new ValidationResult(false,
                  "Please enter an age in the range: " + Min + " - " + Max + ".");
            }
            else
            {
                return new ValidationResult(true, null);
            }
        }
    }

    public class MyDataSource
    {
        private int _age;
        private int _age2;
        private int _age3;

        public MyDataSource()
        {
            Age = 0;
            Age2 = 0;
        }

        public int Age
        {
            get { return _age; }
            set { _age = value; }
        }
        public int Age2
        {
            get { return _age2; }
            set { _age2 = value; }
        }

        public int Age3
        {
            get { return _age3; }
            set { _age3 = value; }
        }
    }
}

24.16.TextBox Validation
	24.16.1.	TextBox with custom ErrorTemplate and ToolTip
	24.16.2.	TextBox uses the ExceptionValidationRule and UpdateSourceExceptionFilter handler
	24.16.3.	TextBox with UpdateSourceExceptionFilter handler
	24.16.4.	TextBox with default ErrorTemplate