numeric up-downs and enforcing the range

[MrNobody]

I just noticed that a numeric up/down will let you manually type in any
number even if it is beyond the min/max range you specified.
The control will not actually return this value if it is beyond the min/max
but it won't give you any indication that the value you typed in is out of
range.
Any way to get around this so a user typing in a number out of range will
get some kind of warning ?

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

Trap it in the Validating event or do range checking when the value changes
and set it back to something sensible.

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"MrNobody" <Mr******@discu ssions.microsof t.com> wrote in message
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I just noticed that a numeric up/down will let you manually type in any
number even if it is beyond the min/max range you specified.
The control will not actually return this value if it is beyond the
min/max
but it won't give you any indication that the value you typed in is out of
range.
Any way to get around this so a user typing in a number out of range will
get some kind of warning ?

[MrNobody]

That's odd, I set an onValidating event and was going to do a range check on
the value and do whatever fix necessary when I realized once I set the event
and called Value property on the numeric up down, it automatically changes
the text to fit in the range... so my event just looks like this:

private void onValidatingUpD own(object sender,
System.Componen tModel.CancelEv entArgs e) {

NumericUpDown control = sender as NumericUpDown;
decimal value = control.Value;
}

and that's it... guess the Value property does the range check?

"Bob Powell [MVP]" wrote:

Trap it in the Validating event or do range checking when the value changes
and set it back to something sensible.

--
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Visual C#, System.Drawing

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"MrNobody" <Mr******@discu ssions.microsof t.com> wrote in message
news:1A******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

I just noticed that a numeric up/down will let you manually type in any
number even if it is beyond the min/max range you specified.
The control will not actually return this value if it is beyond the
min/max
but it won't give you any indication that the value you typed in is out of
range.
Any way to get around this so a user typing in a number out of range will
get some kind of warning ?