XmlMappedRange.Validation Property

Gets the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Validation object that represents data validation for the XmlMappedRange control.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Validation As Validation

Validation Validation { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Validation
The Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Validation object that represents data validation for the XmlMappedRange control.

Examples

The following code example uses the Validation property to display a validation error if fewer than three characters are entered into an XmlMappedRange. This code example assumes that the current worksheet contains an XmlMappedRange named CustomerLastNameCell.

Private Sub SetValidation()
    Me.CustomerLastNameCell.Validation.Add( _
        Excel.XlDVType.xlValidateTextLength, _
        Excel.XlDVAlertStyle.xlValidAlertInformation, _
        Excel.XlFormatConditionOperator.xlGreaterEqual, 3)

    Me.CustomerLastNameCell.Validation.ErrorMessage = _
        "You must enter a name with three or more letters." 
End Sub

private void SetValidation()
{
    this.CustomerLastNameCell.Validation.Add(
        Excel.XlDVType.xlValidateTextLength, 
        Excel.XlDVAlertStyle.xlValidAlertInformation,
        Excel.XlFormatConditionOperator.xlGreaterEqual, 3);

    this.CustomerLastNameCell.Validation.ErrorMessage = 
        "You must enter a name with three or more letters.";
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

XmlMappedRange Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace