public static bool IsValidMaskDescriptor(MaskDescriptor maskDescriptor, out string validationErrorDescription)
{
validationErrorDescription = string.Empty;
if (maskDescriptor == null)
{
validationErrorDescription = System.Design.SR.GetString("MaskDescriptorNull");
return false;
}
if ((string.IsNullOrEmpty(maskDescriptor.Mask) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(maskDescriptor.Name)) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(maskDescriptor.Sample))
{
validationErrorDescription = System.Design.SR.GetString("MaskDescriptorNullOrEmptyRequiredProperty");
return false;
}
MaskedTextProvider maskedTextProvider = new MaskedTextProvider(maskDescriptor.Mask, maskDescriptor.Culture);
MaskedTextBox box = new MaskedTextBox(maskedTextProvider) {
SkipLiterals = true,
ResetOnPrompt = true,
ResetOnSpace = true,
ValidatingType = maskDescriptor.ValidatingType,
FormatProvider = maskDescriptor.Culture,
Culture = maskDescriptor.Culture
};
box.TypeValidationCompleted += new TypeValidationEventHandler(MaskDescriptor.maskedTextBox1_TypeValidationCompleted);
box.MaskInputRejected += new MaskInputRejectedEventHandler(MaskDescriptor.maskedTextBox1_MaskInputRejected);
box.Text = maskDescriptor.Sample;
if ((box.Tag == null) && (maskDescriptor.ValidatingType != null))
{
box.ValidateText();
}
if (box.Tag != null)
{
validationErrorDescription = box.Tag.ToString();
}
return (validationErrorDescription.Length == 0);
}
