Textbox input Validation Question

[LoanB]

Hi Need some help please. I have some experience in VB.Net and am teaching myself C# now - I must add I know very little about it as yet!

I have a textbox called txtAmount.text

I want to validate the input to see if it is numeric. If not I want a message displayed to state " Please enter a valid numeric amount"

In VB.Net I would do it like this:

If IsNumeric(txtAmount.text) = false Then
MessageBox.show("........")
exit sub *
End If

* I want to exit the sub so that the program does not continue and go on to crash

Now my question is how do I do the above in C#?

I have tried:

1. if (Char.IsNumber(txtAmount.text) - but as txtAmount is a String it does not allow me to do this.

2. IsNumeric - No Luck here..

So please any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Lóan

[QVeen72]

Hi,

In C#, the function is :"IsDigit"

you can check this MSDN Link

Regards
Veena

[LoanB]

Hi Veena

Thanks for the feedback, but It's still not working. I have thw=e following code:


if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(txtAmount.Text))
{
if (Char.IsDigit(txtAmount.text))
{
MessageBox.Show("Enter a Valid Purchase Amount", "Input
Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
txtAmount.Select();
valid = false;
return;
}
}

As the the textbox input is a string Visual Studio won't allow the Char.IsDigit function.

So obviously I have to either convert the input of the textbox to Char type or is threre a better way?

Thanks,

[QVeen72]

Hi,

Write the Code in "OnKeyPress" event.
Check the Link, it Restricts the user from enetering keys other than numbers. Instead of allowing the user to enter everything and then checking in the Lost Focus, Stop the user from entering scrap data.
This is Actual meaning of InputValidation.

Regards
Veena

[LoanB]

Will give it a shot thanks!

[LoanB]

Hey Veena

Cheers, but I found it easier to just write a IsNumeric Function. Sure its not perfect, but at least it will check if the input is numeric or not.

Thanks again for the help,