# GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.NameValidator

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  <h1 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_NameValidator" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.NameValidator" class="text-break">NameValidator Class
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  <div class="markdown level0 summary"><p>Represents a validator to check names contained in a report.</p>
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    <h5>Inheritance</h5>
    <div class="level0"><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object">object</a></div>
    <div class="level1"><span class="xref">NameValidator</span></div>
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  <h6><strong>Namespace</strong>: <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.html">GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel</a></h6>
  <h6><strong>Assembly</strong>: MESCIUS.ActiveReports.Core.Rdl.dll</h6>
  <h5 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_NameValidator_syntax">Syntax</h5>
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    <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public sealed class NameValidator</code></pre>
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  <h5 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_NameValidator_examples"><strong>Examples</strong></h5>
  <pre><code class="lang-csharp">var validator = new NameValidator();
bool isValid = validator.ValidateName("ReportItemName", NameType.Control);</code></pre>

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        <td id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_NameValidator_ValidateName_System_String_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_NameType_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.NameValidator.ValidateName(System.String,GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.NameType)">
          <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.NameValidator.ValidateName.html#GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_NameValidator_ValidateName_System_String_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_NameType_">ValidateName(string, NameType)</a>
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        <td class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Checks report item names to ensure that they are unique, not empty or null, and do not contain invalid characters.</p>
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  <h3 id="extensionmethods">Extension Methods</h3>
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      <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.CollectionExtensions.AddRange.html#GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_CollectionExtensions_AddRange__2___0_System_Collections_Generic_IEnumerable___1__">CollectionExtensions.AddRange&lt;TCollection, TItem&gt;(TCollection, IEnumerable&lt;TItem&gt;)</a>
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