IValidator.ErrorMessage Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

Important

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When implemented by a class, gets or sets the error message text generated when the condition being validated fails.

public:
 property System::String ^ ErrorMessage { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public string ErrorMessage { get; set; }

member this.ErrorMessage : string with get, set

Public Property ErrorMessage As String

Property Value

String

The error message to generate.

Examples

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.

<!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>
    <title>IValidator Example demonstrating IsValid & ErrorMessage</title>
<script language="C#" runat="server">

     void Button_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
     {
        // Generating the random number.
        Random rand_s = new Random();
        myCompareValidate.ValueToCompare = rand_s.Next(1, 10).ToString();

        // Setting the ErrorMessage.
        myCompareValidate.ErrorMessage="Try Again!!";
        myCompareValidate.Validate();

        // Check for Validity of control.
        if ((myCompareValidate.IsValid) && (myTextBox.Text != ""))
        {
           labelOutput.Text = "You guessed correctly!!";
           labelOutput.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
        }
        else
        {
           labelOutput.Text =  "You guessed poorly";
           labelOutput.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
        }

        labelOutput.Text += "<br /><br />" + "The number is: " +
           myCompareValidate.ValueToCompare;
     }

  </script>
</head>
    <body>
      <form runat="server" id="myForm">
        <h3>IValidator Example demonstrating IsValid & ErrorMessage</h3>
        <h5>Guess!! a number between 1 and 10 :</h5>
        <asp:TextBox id="myTextBox" runat="server" />
        <asp:CompareValidator id="myCompareValidate"
             ControlToValidate="myTextBox" ValueToCompare="0"
             EnableClientScript="False" Type="Integer" Text="*"
             runat="server" />
        <br />
        <asp:Button Text="Submit" OnClick="Button_Click" runat="server" />
        <br />
        <asp:Label id="labelOutput" runat="server" />
        <br />
        <asp:ValidationSummary id="Summary1" runat="server" />
     </form>
  </body>
</html>

<!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>
    <title>IValidator Example demonstrating IsValid & ErrorMessage</title>
<script language="VB" runat="server">

         Sub Button_Click(sender As [Object], e As EventArgs)
            ' Generating a random number.
            Dim rand_s As New Random()
            myCompareValidate.ValueToCompare = rand_s.Next(1, 10).ToString()

            ' Set the ErrorMessage.
            myCompareValidate.ErrorMessage = "Try Again!!"
            myCompareValidate.Validate()

            ' Check for Validity of control.
            If myCompareValidate.IsValid And myTextBox.Text <> "" Then
               labelOutput.Text = "You guessed correctly!!"
               labelOutput.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue
            Else
               labelOutput.Text = "You guessed poorly"
               labelOutput.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black
            End If

            labelOutput.Text += "<br /><br />" + "The number is: " + _
               myCompareValidate.ValueToCompare
         End Sub 'Button_Click

  </script>
</head>
    <body>
       <form runat="server" id="myForm">
          <h3>IValidator Example demonstrating IsValid & ErrorMessage</h3>
          <h5>Guess!! a number between 1 and 10:</h5>
          <asp:TextBox id="myTextBox" runat="server" />
          <asp:CompareValidator id="myCompareValidate"
               ControlToValidate="myTextBox" ValueToCompare="0"
               EnableClientScript="False" Type="Integer" Text="*"
               runat="server" />
          <br />
          <asp:Button Text="Submit" OnClick="Button_Click" runat="server" />
          <br />
          <asp:Label id="labelOutput" runat="server" />
          <br />
          <asp:ValidationSummary id="Summary1" runat="server" />
       </form>
    </body>
</html>

Remarks

ASP.NET developers access this property declaratively in the opening tag of a validation server control. For more information, see Validation Server Control Syntax.

Applies to

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