Xceed Grid for WinForms v4.3 Documentation
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    Features of the Input Validator control

    Xceed Grid for WinForms includes built-in input validation capabilities as well as an input validator control which can be used outside the grid to validate user input into any .NET control including the provided Editor Controls.

    Unique Innovations

    • Fully visual approach to implementing input component validation 

    • Validation error messages are overridable and localizable 

    • Wide variety of operators and options available when setting up validation criteria 

    • Validation of criteria is available either when focus leaves a specific input component or when a general validation method is called 

    • Compatible with the .NET Framework’s TextBox and ComboBox controls, as well as with Xceed Grid for WinForms cells and the provided editor controls. 

    • Expandable by deriving from ValidationCriterion or ValidationExpression classes

    .NET Technology

    • Written entirely in managed C# code (source code available through a Blueprint subscription) 

    • Object-oriented design created specifically for version 4 of the .NET framework.  (New in 1.3)

    • Comprehensive documentation fully integrated into Visual Studio .NET 

    • All error handling works through .NET exception classes 

    • CLS compliant (Common Language Specification) 

    • Does not use unsafe blocks for minimal permission requirements 

    • Includes VB.NET and C# samples

    • Full Windows Vista support (New in version 1.1)