IDataErrorInfo in winforms

c# winforms idataerrorinfo
Steven Evers picture Steven Evers · Sep 9, 2009 · Viewed 8.7k times · Source

Can IDataError info be used properly in a winforms application? In the past I was doing my binding the usual way(1) and did the validation in the OnValidating event of the particular control. I would like to move the data validation to the domain model so that I can easily swap out user interfaces and so that all of the logic is in one place.

I was looking into IDataErrorInfo but everything I find deals with WPF and the app in development is strictly a winforms app.

I also noticed that the binding that gets used in WPF is in System.Windows.Data and the binding that I've always been using is in System.Windows.Forms (which I don't appear to have when I try to add it as a resource - I'm using 3.5).Aside from the property "ValidatesOnDataErrors" is there a difference between the two?

(1) the usual way being:

myControl.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Text", this.domainModel, "Property"));

Answer

Reed Copsey picture Reed Copsey · Sep 9, 2009

This works with the ErrorProvider component in Windows Forms.

For a complete, but very simple and short tutorial, see this blog post.

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