Hive Multi-Validating Self Textbox Control

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License

Free to use and modify as long as header stays in place. Users must also send an email to the author's email address stating where they are using the code. If any modifications are made to this assembly users must email changes to author's email address.

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Code Description

Combines textbox and multi-validation in one control. Allows textbox to do self checking and self error response messages. Control can also protect against sql injection attacks and client script attacks. Textbox also can do credit card checking using the LUHN Formula Mod-10 check. Other validation types include PHONE, EMAIL, ZIP CODE, CREDIT CARD, URL, INTERNATIONAL PHONE, DATE, ADVANCED DATE, UK DATE, UK POSTAL CODE, SSN and IPADDRESS.

Version

1.0 beta (My Control is still in testing mode but seems almost bug free! But what code doesn't have bugs?)

How to use

Compile code into a .net dll assembly and put into your website home (bin) folder. Then add the following code to your asp.net webpage.

<%@ Register TagPrefix="Hive" NameSpace="Hive.Controls" Assembly="Hive"%>

Then add the textbox control in your form.

<Hive:textbox id="textbox1" runat="server" req="True"/> 

Properties

Below is a list of properties and what they do.

Property Name Type Description Control Properties label string For setting the label message of the textbox control. propername string For setting a proper name for the textbox control. propername2 string For setting the proper name of the compare control. type ValidationMode For setting the type of validation to do. (Enumeration:ValidationMode) Types of Validation - PHONE | EMAIL | ZIPCODE | CREDITCARD | URL | INTERNATIONALPHONE | DATE | ADVANCEDDATE | UKDATE | UKPOSTALCODE | SSN | IPADDRESS badwords boolean To test textbox text for bad words and return an error. textmode TextBoxMode For setting the textmode of the textbox. (Enumeration:TextBoxMode) Types of Modes - SINGLELINE | MULTILINE | PASSWORD chars CharsetMode For setting the type of characters allowed by the textbox. (Enumeration:CharsetMode) Types of Characters - ALL | NONHTML | NOQUOTES | NODOUBLEQUOTES | ALPHA | ALPHANUMERIC | NUMERIC req boolean Check to see if textbox is required field. max string For setting the textbox max character length. min string For setting the textbox min character length. style1 string For setting the textbox CSS style. style2 string For setting the error label CSS style. style3 string For setting the display label CSS style. width string For setting the controls width. height string For setting the controls height. id string For setting the textbox ID. id2 string For setting the compare textbox ID. text string For setting the text value of the textbox control. ErrorMessage string The error message from the ivalidator validation. IsValid boolean Checks to see if this control is valid and returns it to the page validation. Control Error Message Properties Err_Type_URL string For setting the error message for the url type function. Err_Type_UKPostalCode string For setting the error message for the uk postal code type function. Err_Type_IPAddress string For setting the error message for the ip address type function. Err_Type_Date_UK string For setting the error message for the uk date type function. Err_Type_Date_Adv string For setting the error message for the advanced date type function. Err_Type_Date string For setting the error message for the date type function. Err_Type_Phone_Int string For setting the error message for the international phone type function. Err_Type_SSN string For setting the error message for the social security number type function. Err_CreditCard1 string For setting the error message for the credit card function. Err_CreditCard2 string For setting the error message for the credit card function invalid. Err_BadWords string For setting the error message for the bad word function. Err_Required string For setting the error message for the required function. Err_Min string For setting the error message for the min character function. Err_Max string For setting the error message for the max character function. Err_Chars string For setting the error message for the character set function. Err_Type_Phone string For setting the error message for the phone type function. Err_Type_Email string For setting the error message for the email type function. Err_Type_Zip string For setting the error message for the zip code type function. Err_Compare string For setting the error message for the compare function. Property Name Type Description

Details

I built this user control because I was tired of writing so much repetitive code. It usually takes several lines of code to run validation on one textbox, but not now. I combined validation with a textbox control and made it accessible through properties of one control. Making for slimmer and easy to manage code. I also combined error label response messages built in. This allows users filling out a form to see their mistakes. I also added a label property to describe the textfield box. YES! All in one function.

My type property can run many validation type functions. I have creating many different types already: PHONE, EMAIL, ZIPCODE, CREDITCARD, URL, INTERNATIONALPHONE, DATE, ADVANCEDDATE, UKDATE, UKPOSTALCODE, SSN, IPADDRESS and so on. This makes it so neat to have these at your disposal at any time. My control Implements IValidator which allows me to use the isvalid and errormessage properties. Doing this allows me to control the page.isvalid property and change it for each control. So each control can do multiple validation. My control can check character length of both min and max. It can also check if a textfield is required.

My control can also check characters to make sure those characters are allowed. By setting the chars property character validation will occur: ALL, NONHTML, NOQUOTES, NODOUBLEQUOTES, ALPHA, ALPHANUMERIC, NUMERIC, etc. By controlling the characters you can protect against sql injection and client script attacks. You can also make sure your database doesn't get screwed up. HEHE ;)

My control has so many features in it that sometimes I forget I created it. LOL

Anyway I hope this has been a little help for you guys on how to do custom controls with custom validation. If you guys like my code let me know.

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Final Version Done VectorX 13:39 3 Jul '04   If you would like the final version 1.0 of the hive textbox control, it can be found here. http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/ashivefinal.asp Latez, VectorX Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink 5.00/5 (1 vote) Final Version VectorX 15:37 4 Jun '04   My final version will be out soon. I have included many new features like a spell checker. whohoo! I have also organized everything for addons. I have made more enumerations and also made everything the proper data type. Last but not least I have added auto formatters for client side validation. For example phone number. When you set phone as the type it will auto format client side to the proper phone format once the client onblurs from the control. All for FREE! YES! Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink 4.40/5 (2 votes) Re: Final Version mdissel 22:14 4 Jun '04   SOunds great! When can we expect this? Maybe you can also add a RegExpression validationMode enum with just a property RegExpression so add your own regular expression. Another problem is locations with the ValidationMode enums. In every country the zipcode, phonenumber, etc. is validated differently.. but this is already a big step ahead.. now adding a combobox/label control, etc. will make designing a form a lot easier. Regards Marco Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Final Version VectorX 13:35 5 Jun '04   Soon... Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Final Version VectorX 17:25 5 Jun '04   I am currently adding in custom errors to help developers in using my control figure out what they are doing wrong. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink align with other controls mdissel 9:37 4 Jun '04   Hello Nice control! How do you align this control (label / input) with other controls, like a combobox, etc.? using a seems not possible. Regards, Marco Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: align with other controls VectorX 13:42 4 Jun '04   My final version does this. I am almost done with it, probably a couple more days. I have including alignment and positioning for label, error label and textbox, I have also added a new property that allows you to use onfocus and onblur to hightlight the textbox when clicked on. I have also added a crap load more validation types some direct and some indirect. If you think of anything else that would be nice to have let me know. To let you in on something else i am making, is a new form. This form will get rid of sql injection all together. I am also making a way to remove sql injection from all querystring built into the context class. Can you imagine not having to worry about that your form or querystring is safe and that you don't have to replace any ' " hehe. Once i am done with my final 1.0 version of the hive textbox control I will post it on code project. Latez, VectorX Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink 4.40/5 (2 votes) Licensing.. Rocky Moore 22:40 31 May '04   I know it is open source, and that is free. But it is a pain to keep track of a requirement to email someone every time you use their control, not to mention sending out your modifications every time you make one. Feel for you about the work though. There are a lot of people in that boat here in the USA and it is only the beginning. The jobs are moving the to lowest bidder regardless where they are at. Time for programmers to get back to producing products and services and forget about working for big companies. I personally would never do one line of code if the paid that same as an unskilled manufacturing job. Other countries can have at it! Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Licensing.. VectorX 23:00 31 May '04   Hey Rocky, I just asked for the email so I can get feedback for modifications. This is a beta release of the control. I am almost done with the final version. The final version will be included in my hive library. Well I can always go back to work doing what I am good at, like drawing. Or maybe everyone will say they have artistic talent and under bid me. Latez, Vector Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Licensing.. Rocky Moore 2:59 1 Jun '04   VectorX wrote: I just asked for the email so I can get feedback for modifications. Well, I have never taken "you must" as a request Actually, I think you would still get a lot of feedback without the licensing requirements. Most of the time, the articles posted here, get quite a bit of feedback (sometimes more than a person wants ). BTW, it is a good idea to have self validating controls. Saves server steps on large forms. VectorX wrote: Well I can always go back to work doing what I am good at, like drawing. Or maybe everyone will say they have artistic talent and under bid me. Yeah, there are probably a lot of artist in China and other countries that will work for almost nothing.. The sad part is, that programmers have been brain washed into believing they are "worth" "less", so the salaries will continue to tumble. Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Licensing.. VectorX 10:27 1 Jun '04   [Well, I have never taken "you must" as a request] It says users must, not you must.;P hehe Anyways maybe I can get a job picking up rocks. I would probably get paid more than programming. Watch how many replies i get for this... Anyone want to create a fully eccommerce site with asp.net for 500 bucks. YOU MUST <--- lol build your best work and sign over legal rights to all of your work and past work, including but not limited to anything you have ever done in the life time of programming. You must also give up your right to seek legal council for anything that happens to you while working on my site. Do I have any bidders, Oh yes 500 seems to high. Will someone bid lower than 500 lets say 300 or maybe 200. I don't want anyone to feel over paid or anything. Latez, Vector Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Licensing.. l a u r e n 16:57 1 Jun '04   i hear u thats why i do 3 or 4 at once to make half decent money :/ "there is no spoon" biz stuff   about me Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink 1.00/5 (1 vote) Re: Licensing.. VectorX 20:18 1 Jun '04   Hey Rocky, Someone called me today about a job (SQL DBA) for an HMO. They said they loved my resume and they wanted to hire me. They said they would pay me $42,000 a year. I told them I couldn't take less than $50,000. They said on the phone too much and thank you for your time. What gets me is how a hospital cant make enough to pay for a $50,000 a year position. Doctors get paid alot because they are there to help you in time of need. Why do they think programmers or dba are not as important? sh*t if they lost one medical record they would bitch up a storm. Or if the surgery had the wrong information can you say major lawsuit. Or better yet if medical records slipped out some how over the internet who do you think hippa would blame? I am taking a stand now. If I cant get a job making decent money doing programming then i am going to get a job working at wally world. hehe! I think I can get paid to stand there and say welcome. I can also hang out with the crack heads who visit the 24 hr store at about 2 am. You know the ones i am talking about. LOL Who has ever been to wally world at 2 am raise your hands. Don't be scared to raise your hands. You are one of the many crack heads I hang out with. LOL Last but not least besides taking up a job and walmart I will code more free .net tuts for codeproject.com Latez, Vector Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Licensing.. Rocky Moore 21:12 1 Jun '04   Yeah, it is sad, but they usually find someone that will do it. Really surprised programmers would settle for so little but I guess that is life. In my opinion, medical, lawyers, insurance and patent claims are the biggest crooks around. Some are not I am sure, but the majority seem to just poke it to everyone. Best to stay away from all of them I guess you could get hurt on a patented device and need medical attention and have a lawyer sue the insurance company and the owner of the patent and maybe get something out of it VectorX wrote: Who has ever been to wally world at 2 am raise your hands. Don't be scared to raise your hands. You are one of the many crack heads I hang out with. LOL Last but not least besides taking up a job and walmart I will code more free .net tuts for codeproject.com Well, ours is not 24 hour so I might be a bit of fix if I were in there at 2 a.m. As far as the asp.net app in the other message, I could not make the bid. Almost any small ASP.NET project I do would cost $3K or more Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink

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