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ValidationSummary.DisplayMode Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets or sets the display mode of the validation summary.

public:
 property System::Web::UI::WebControls::ValidationSummaryDisplayMode DisplayMode { System::Web::UI::WebControls::ValidationSummaryDisplayMode get(); void set(System::Web::UI::WebControls::ValidationSummaryDisplayMode value); };
[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
public System.Web.UI.WebControls.ValidationSummaryDisplayMode DisplayMode { get; set; }
public System.Web.UI.WebControls.ValidationSummaryDisplayMode DisplayMode { get; set; }
[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
member this.DisplayMode : System.Web.UI.WebControls.ValidationSummaryDisplayMode with get, set
member this.DisplayMode : System.Web.UI.WebControls.ValidationSummaryDisplayMode with get, set
Public Property DisplayMode As ValidationSummaryDisplayMode

Property Value

ValidationSummaryDisplayMode

One of the ValidationSummaryDisplayMode values. The default is BulletList.

Attributes
BindableAttribute

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The display mode is not one of the ValidationSummaryDisplayMode values.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to set the DisplayMode property to display a bulleted list.

Important

This example has a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.


<%@ Page Language="C#"%>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
      Name:<br/>
      <asp:textbox id="NameTextBox"
        runat="server"/>
        
      <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="NameTextBoxRequiredValidator"
        controltovalidate="NameTextBox"
        errormessage="Name field."
        text="Please enter your name"
        runat="server"/>     
        
      <br/>  
      
      City:<br/>
      <asp:textbox id="CityTextBox"
        runat="server"/>
        
      <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="CityTextBoxRequiredValidator"
        controltovalidate="CityTextBox"
        errormessage="City field."
        text="Please enter the city."
        runat="server"/> 
        
      <br/>
      
      <asp:Button id="SubmitButton"
        text="Submit"
        runat="server"/>
      
      <hr/>
      
      <asp:ValidationSummary 
        id="valSum" 
        displaymode="BulletList" 
        headertext="You must enter a value in the following fields:"
        runat="server"/>
    
    </form>
  </body>
</html>


<%@ Page Language="VB"%>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
      Name:<br/>
      <asp:textbox id="NameTextBox"
        runat="server"/>
        
      <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="NameTextBoxRequiredValidator"
        controltovalidate="NameTextBox"
        errormessage="Name field."
        text="Please enter your name"
        runat="server"/>     
        
      <br/>  
      
      City:<br/>
      <asp:textbox id="CityTextBox"
        runat="server"/>
        
      <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="CityTextBoxRequiredValidator"
        controltovalidate="CityTextBox"
        errormessage="City field."
        text="Please enter the city."
        runat="server"/> 
        
      <br/>
      
      <asp:Button id="SubmitButton"
        text="Submit"
        runat="server"/>
      
      <hr/>
      
      <asp:ValidationSummary 
        id="valSum" 
        displaymode="BulletList" 
        headertext="You must enter a value in the following fields:"
        runat="server"/>
    
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use this property to specify the display format of a ValidationSummary control. The summary can be displayed as a list, as a bulleted list, or as a single paragraph.

Applies to

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