I have a user control which contains a textbox. I have a class called Person which implements IDataErrorInfo interface:
class Person : IDataErrorInfo
{
private bool hasErrors = false;
#region IDataErrorInfo Members
public string Error
{
get
{
string error = null;
if (hasErrors)
{
error = "xxThe form contains one or more validation errors";
}
return error;
}
}
public string this[string columnName]
{
get
{
return DoValidation(columnName);
}
}
#endregion
}
Now the usercontrol exposes a method called SetSource through which the code sets the binding:
public partial class TxtUserControl : UserControl
{
private Binding _binding;
public void SetSource(string path,Object source)
{
_binding = new Binding(path);
_binding.Source = source;
ValidationRule rule;
rule = new DataErrorValidationRule();
rule.ValidatesOnTargetUpdated = true;
_binding.ValidationRules.Add(rule);
_binding.ValidatesOnDataErrors = true;
_binding.UpdateSourceTrigger = UpdateSourceTrigger.LostFocus;
_binding.NotifyOnValidationError = true;
_binding.ValidatesOnExceptions = true;
txtNumeric.SetBinding(TextBox.TextProperty, _binding);
}
...
}
The WPF window that includes the user control has the following code:
public SampleWindow()
{
person= new Person();
person.Age = new Age();
person.Age.Value = 28;
numericAdmins.SetSource("Age.Value", person);
}
private void btnOk_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if(!String.IsNullOrEmpty(person.Error))
{
MessageBox.Show("Error: "+person.Error);
}
}
Given this code, the binding is working fine, but the validation never gets triggered. Whats wrong with this code?