TextBox validation: validate in KeyPressed Event
Imports System Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Windows.Forms Public Class MainClass Shared Sub Main() Dim form1 As Form = New Form1 Application.Run(form1) End Sub End Class Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. Friend WithEvents GroupBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox Friend WithEvents Label2 As System.Windows.Forms.Label Friend WithEvents Label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label Friend WithEvents txtFirstName As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Friend WithEvents txtLastName As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents errProvider As System.Windows.Forms.ErrorProvider Friend WithEvents txtEmail As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Friend WithEvents Label3 As System.Windows.Forms.Label <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.GroupBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox() Me.Label2 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label() Me.Label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label() Me.txtFirstName = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox() Me.txtLastName = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox() Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.errProvider = New System.Windows.Forms.ErrorProvider() Me.txtEmail = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox() Me.Label3 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label() Me.GroupBox1.SuspendLayout() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'GroupBox1 ' Me.GroupBox1.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.Label3, Me.txtEmail, Me.Label2, Me.Label1, Me.txtFirstName, Me.txtLastName}) Me.GroupBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 8) Me.GroupBox1.Name = "GroupBox1" Me.GroupBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(368, 124) Me.GroupBox1.TabIndex = 11 Me.GroupBox1.TabStop = False ' 'Label2 ' Me.Label2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 52) Me.Label2.Name = "Label2" Me.Label2.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(64, 16) Me.Label2.TabIndex = 8 Me.Label2.Text = "Last Name:" ' 'Label1 ' Me.Label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 28) Me.Label1.Name = "Label1" Me.Label1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(64, 16) Me.Label1.TabIndex = 7 Me.Label1.Text = "First Name:" ' 'txtFirstName ' Me.txtFirstName.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(84, 24) Me.txtFirstName.Name = "txtFirstName" Me.txtFirstName.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(152, 21) Me.txtFirstName.TabIndex = 4 Me.txtFirstName.Text = "" ' 'txtLastName ' Me.txtLastName.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(84, 48) Me.txtLastName.Name = "txtLastName" Me.txtLastName.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(152, 21) Me.txtLastName.TabIndex = 5 Me.txtLastName.Text = "" ' 'Button1 ' Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(152, 204) Me.Button1.Name = "Button1" Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(76, 24) Me.Button1.TabIndex = 10 Me.Button1.Text = "OK" ' 'txtEmail ' Me.txtEmail.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(84, 84) Me.txtEmail.Name = "txtEmail" Me.txtEmail.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(152, 21) Me.txtEmail.TabIndex = 9 Me.txtEmail.Text = "" ' 'Label3 ' Me.Label3.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 88) Me.Label3.Name = "Label3" Me.Label3.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(64, 16) Me.Label3.TabIndex = 10 Me.Label3.Text = "Email:" ' 'ErrorProviderValidation ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 14) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(388, 238) Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.GroupBox1, Me.Button1}) Me.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 8.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte)) Me.Name = "ErrorProviderValidation" Me.Text = "ErrorProvider Validation" Me.GroupBox1.ResumeLayout(False) Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region Private Sub txtEmail_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles txtEmail.KeyPress Dim Expression As New System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex("\S+@\S+\.\S+") If Expression.IsMatch(CType(sender, TextBox).Text) Then errProvider.SetError(sender, "") Else errProvider.SetError(sender, "Not a valid email.") End If End Sub End Class