IDataErrorInfo Validation overridden by PropertyGrid

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Posted 13 years ago by Pat Maneely - Software Engineering Manager, Cobham Aerospace
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The Object that is being displayed by the PropertyGrid has its own IDataErrorInfo validation logic.

This object contains UInt16 types, which I want to validate. I looks like however that when this UInt16 value is out of range (-1 is typed into the text box), that the IDataErrorInfo Validation gets to it first and throw an exception.

When my validation processes it it see a valid value. This results in the internal exception message being displayed in the tooltip as opposed to my error message.

Is there a way to prevent this?


Here's the output from the debugger Output Window

The thread 0xe70 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
The thread 0x103c has exited with code 0 (0x0).
System.Windows.Data Error: 8 : Cannot save value from target back to source. BindingExpression:Path=Value; DataItem='PropertyGridDataAccessorItem' (Name=''); target element is 'TextBox' (Name='textBox'); target property is 'Text' (type 'String') TargetInvocationException:'System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.Exception: 900000 is not a valid value for UInt16. ---> System.OverflowException: Value was either too large or too small for a UInt16.
at System.UInt16.Parse(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)
at System.ComponentModel.UInt16Converter.FromString(String value, NumberFormatInfo formatInfo)
at System.ComponentModel.BaseNumberConverter.ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, Object value)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.ComponentModel.BaseNumberConverter.ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, Object value)
at ActiproSoftware.Windows.Controls.PropertyGrid.Primitives.PropertyDescriptorDataAccessor.set_ValueInternal(Object value)
at ActiproSoftware.Windows.Controls.PropertyGrid.Primitives.CachedPropertyDataAccessorBase.set_Value(Object value)
at ActiproSoftware.Windows.Controls.PropertyGrid.Primitives.PropertyGridDataAccessorItem.set_Value(Object value)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.Reflection.RuntimePropertyInfo.SetValue(Object obj, Object value, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] index, CultureInfo culture)
at System.Reflection.RuntimePropertyInfo.SetValue(Object obj, Object value, Object[] index)
at MS.Internal.Data.PropertyPathWorker.SetValue(Object item, Object value)
at MS.Internal.Data.ClrBindingWorker.UpdateValue(Object value)
at System.Windows.Data.BindingExpression.UpdateSource(Object value)'

Comments (1)

Posted 13 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA
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Hi Pat,

Unfortunately, no. The IDataErrorInfo is only useful in ensuring that the values are correct. It can't be used to detect if you try to assign -1 to a UInt16, which is effectively what is happening.

You would either have to use a type such as Int32, and validate that it fits into a UInt16. Or use a custom property editor that adds a custom ValidationRule to the binding between the TextBox and the IPropertyDataAcessor.


Actipro Software Support

The latest build of this product (v24.1.1) was released 2 months ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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