ValidationSummary.ShowSummary Property
Definition
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Gets or sets a value indicating whether the validation summary is displayed inline.
public:
property bool ShowSummary { bool get(); void set(bool value); };[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
public bool ShowSummary { get; set; }public bool ShowSummary { get; set; }[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
member this.ShowSummary : bool with get, setmember this.ShowSummary : bool with get, setPublic Property ShowSummary As BooleanProperty Value
true if the validation summary is displayed inline; otherwise, false. The default is true.
- Attributes
Examples
The following code example demonstrates how to use the ShowMessageBox and ShowSummary properties to specify that the validation summary is displayed in both a message box and on the Web page.
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#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!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>ValidationSummary Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>ValidationSummary Sample</h3>
<br />
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<table cellpadding="10">
<tr>
<td>
<table style="background-color:#eeeeee; padding:10">
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<b>Credit Card Information</b>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">
Card Type:
</td>
<td>
<asp:RadioButtonList id="RadioButtonList1"
RepeatLayout="Flow"
runat="server">
<asp:ListItem>MasterCard</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem>Visa</asp:ListItem>
</asp:RadioButtonList>
</td>
<td align="center" rowspan="1">
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator
id="RequiredFieldValidator1"
ControlToValidate="RadioButtonList1"
ErrorMessage="Card Type. "
Display="Static"
InitialValue="" Width="100%" runat="server">
*
</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">
Card Number:
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox id="TextBox1" runat="server" />
</td>
<td>
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator
id="RequiredFieldValidator2"
ControlToValidate="TextBox1"
ErrorMessage="Card Number. "
Display="Static"
Width="100%" runat="server">
*
</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>
<asp:Button
id="Button1"
text="Validate"
runat="server" />
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top">
<table cellpadding="20">
<tr>
<td>
<asp:ValidationSummary
id="valSum"
DisplayMode="BulletList"
runat="server"
ShowSummary="True"
HeaderText="You must enter a value in the following fields:"
Font-Names="verdana"
Font-Size="12"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!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>ValidationSummary Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>ValidationSummary Sample</h3>
<br />
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<table cellpadding="10">
<tr>
<td>
<table style="background-color:#eeeeee; padding:10">
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<b>Credit Card Information</b>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">
Card Type:
</td>
<td>
<asp:RadioButtonList id="RadioButtonList1"
RepeatLayout="Flow"
runat="server">
<asp:ListItem>MasterCard</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem>Visa</asp:ListItem>
</asp:RadioButtonList>
</td>
<td align="Center" rowspan="1">
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator
id="RequiredFieldValidator1"
ControlToValidate="RadioButtonList1"
ErrorMessage="Card Type. "
Display="Static"
InitialValue="" Width="100%" runat="server">
*
</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">
Card Number:
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox id="TextBox1" runat="server" />
</td>
<td>
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator
id="RequiredFieldValidator2"
ControlToValidate="TextBox1"
ErrorMessage="Card Number. "
Display="Static"
Width="100%" runat="server">
*
</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>
<asp:Button
id="Button1"
text="Validate"
runat="server" />
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top">
<table cellpadding="20">
<tr>
<td>
<asp:ValidationSummary
id="valSum"
DisplayMode="BulletList"
runat="server"
ShowSummary="True"
HeaderText="You must enter a value in the following fields:"
Font-Names="verdana"
Font-Size="12"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
This property can be used in addition to the ShowMessageBox property to control where the validation summary is displayed. If this property is set to true, the validation summary is displayed on the Web page.
Note
If both the ShowMessageBox and ShowSummary properties are set to true, the validation summary is displayed in both a message box and on the Web page.
