ValidateName Method | ActiveReports 19 .NET Edition

ValidateName Method

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Checks report item names to ensure that they are unique, not empty or null, and do not contain invalid characters.

Syntax

public bool ValidateName( 
   string name,
   NameType nameType
)

'Declaration
 
Public Function ValidateName( _
   ByVal name As String, _
   ByVal nameType As NameType _
) As Boolean

name: A System.String value indicating the name to validate.
nameType: A NameType value indicating whether the name is for a control, dataset, data region, or grouping object.

A System.Booleanvalue. true if the name is valid; otherwise false.

Example

var validator = new NameValidator();
bool isValid = validator.ValidateName("ReportItemName", NameType.Control);