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Scot Simon
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UltraValidator - Validation order
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I am using the UltraValidator to validate a number of required fields on a Windows Form.  I have torn the code and documentation apart looking for a method of controlling the order that the fields are validated, but I can't find anything.  This results in a messagebox with errors listed in no discernable order.

Does anyone know how I can change the order of validation so it matches the order of the fields on the screen?

Thanks!

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    It appears that the validation order depends on the order in which the controls were created on the form. I created a sample project where I placed three numeric editor controls on the form and then added the validator control and updated the validation properties. The only way I found to change the validation order was to go into the form designer and reorder the control code so that my first control was defined first and then the second and so on. Maybe there is a better way of doing it (probably not), but at least that will get you headed in the right direction.

    Here is what my form designer code looked like after I reordered the code.

            '
            'First
            '
            Me.First.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(64, 52)
            Me.First.Name = "First"
            Me.First.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(100, 21)
            Me.First.TabIndex = 1
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.First).Condition = New Infragistics.Win.OperatorCondition(Infragistics.Win.ConditionOperator.GreaterThan, "0", True, GetType(String))
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.First).DataType = GetType(Integer)
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.First).EmptyValueCriteria = Infragistics.Win.Misc.EmptyValueCriteria.NullOrMinValue
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.First).IsRequired = True
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.First).NotificationSettings.Text = "Please enter a value for First"
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.First).ValidationPropertyName = "Value"
            '
            'Second
            '
            Me.Second.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(64, 79)
            Me.Second.Name = "Second"
            Me.Second.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(100, 21)
            Me.Second.TabIndex = 0
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.Second).Condition = New Infragistics.Win.OperatorCondition(Infragistics.Win.ConditionOperator.GreaterThan, "0", True, GetType(String))
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.Second).DataType = GetType(Integer)
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.Second).EmptyValueCriteria = Infragistics.Win.Misc.EmptyValueCriteria.NullOrMinValue
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.Second).NotificationSettings.Text = "Please enter a value for second"
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.Second).ValidationPropertyName = "Value"

            '
            'Third
            '
            Me.Third.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(64, 106)
            Me.Third.Name = "Third"
            Me.Third.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(100, 21)
            Me.Third.TabIndex = 2
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.Third).Condition = New Infragistics.Win.OperatorCondition(Infragistics.Win.ConditionOperator.GreaterThan, "0", True, GetType(String))
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.Third).DataType = GetType(Integer)
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.Third).EmptyValueCriteria = Infragistics.Win.Misc.EmptyValueCriteria.NullOrMinValue
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.Third).IsRequired = True
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.Third).NotificationSettings.Text = "Please enter a value for third"
            Me.WinValidator.GetValidationSettings(Me.Third).ValidationPropertyName = "Value"

     

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