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    Data annotation for window forms input validation

    A common practice for company or paid for applications is to register a user with a first and last name and password or user name and password some will have a confirm password. With the information a system will validate if the user exists or not along with self-validation of a password.

    The process in this example is dependent on using data annotations so that a validate method can be called against a class instance populated by values (in this case) entered in TextBox controls.

    Source code on GitHub

    For a simple register/login
    Code:
    Imports System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
    Imports ValidatorLibrary.Rules
    
    Namespace Classes
        Public Class CustomerLogin
    
            <Required(ErrorMessage:="{0} is required"), DataType(DataType.Text)>
            <StringLength(20, MinimumLength:=6)>
            Public Property Name() As String
    
            <Required(ErrorMessage:="{0} is required"), DataType(DataType.Text)>
            <StringLength(20, MinimumLength:=6)>
            <PasswordCheck(ErrorMessage:="{0} must include a number and symbol in {0}")>
            Public Property Password() As String
    
            <Compare("Password",
                     ErrorMessage:="Passwords do not match, please try again")>
            <StringLength(20, MinimumLength:=6)>
            Public Property PasswordConfirmation() As String
    
        End Class
    End Namespace
    In the above class a custom rule is used to check if a password has letters, numbers and symbols

    Code:
    Imports System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
    Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
    
    Namespace Rules
        Public Class PasswordCheck
            Inherits ValidationAttribute
            Public Overrides Function IsValid(value As Object) As Boolean
                Dim validPassword = False
                Dim reason = String.Empty
                Dim password As String = If(value Is Nothing, String.Empty, value.ToString())
    
                If String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(password) OrElse password.Length < 6 Then
                    reason = "new password must be at least 6 characters long. "
                Else
                    Dim reSymbol As New Regex("((?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[@#$%]).{6,20})")
                    If Not reSymbol.IsMatch(password) Then
                        reason &= "Your new password must contain at least 1 symbol character and number."
                    Else
                        validPassword = True
                    End If
                End If
    
                If validPassword Then
                    Return True
                Else
                    Return False
                End If
    
            End Function
    
        End Class
    
    End Namespace
    Implementation in a form to capture user name, password and confirm password
    Code:
    Imports ValidatorLibrary.Classes
    Imports ValidatorLibrary.LanguageExtensions
    Imports ValidatorLibrary.Validators
    
    Public Class LoginForm
        Private _retryCount As Integer = 0
        Private Sub LoginButton_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) _
            Handles LoginButton.Click
    
            Dim login As New CustomerLogin With
                    {
                        .Name = UserNameTextBox.Text,
                        .Password = PasswordTextBox.Text,
                        .PasswordConfirmation = PasswordConfirmTextBox.Text
                    }
    
            Dim validationResult As EntityValidationResult =
                    ValidationHelper.ValidateEntity(login)
    
            If validationResult.HasError Then
                If _retryCount >= 3 Then
                    MessageBox.Show("Guards toss them out!")
                    Close()
                End If
                MessageBox.Show(validationResult.ErrorMessageList())
                _retryCount += 1
            Else
                Dim f As New MainForm(login.Name)
                f.Show()
                Hide()
            End If
        End Sub
    End Class
    Screenshot depicting a invalid registration against rules in the customer login class

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    Re: Data annotation for window forms input validation

    Nice work, what is the minimum framework required?
    Programming is all about good logic. Spend more time here


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    Re: Data annotation for window forms input validation

    Quote Originally Posted by coolcurrent4u View Post
    Nice work, what is the minimum framework required?
    Hello,

    I always write for the current Framework, don't try to make it available for earlier Frameworks so I can not say for sure. A safe answer is 4.5 Framework while the code may possibly run under 3.5.

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