Validate TextBox: cannot be empty
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 Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents txtLastName As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Friend WithEvents txtFirstName As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Friend WithEvents Label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label Friend WithEvents Label2 As System.Windows.Forms.Label Friend WithEvents GroupBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.txtLastName = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox() Me.txtFirstName = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox() Me.Label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label() Me.Label2 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label() Me.GroupBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox() Me.GroupBox1.SuspendLayout() Me.SuspendLayout() ' '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 = 6 Me.Button1.Text = "OK" ' '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 = "" ' '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 = "" ' '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:" ' '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:" ' 'GroupBox1 ' Me.GroupBox1.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {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, 88) Me.GroupBox1.TabIndex = 9 Me.GroupBox1.TabStop = False ' 'SimpleValidation ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 14) Me.CausesValidation = False Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(384, 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 = "SimpleValidation" Me.Text = "SimpleValidation" Me.GroupBox1.ResumeLayout(False) Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region Private Sub txtName_Validating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles txtFirstName.Validating, txtLastName.Validating If CType(sender, TextBox).Text = "" Then MessageBox.Show("You have to type something.", "Invalid Input", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning) e.Cancel = True End If End Sub Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Me.Close() End Sub End Class