ActiveReports Developer 7
ValidateName Method
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GrapeCity.ActiveReports.v7 Assembly > GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel Namespace > NameValidator Class : ValidateName Method

name
A string value representing the name to validate.
nameType
A NameType enumeration indicating whether the name is for a control, dataset, dataregion or grouping object.

Glossary Item Box

Checks report item names to ensure that they are unique and that they are not empty or null and do not contain invalid characters.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Function ValidateName( _
   ByVal name As System.String, _
   ByVal nameType As NameType _
) As System.Boolean
C# 
public System.bool ValidateName( 
   System.string name,
   NameType nameType
)

Parameters

name
A string value representing the name to validate.
nameType
A NameType enumeration indicating whether the name is for a control, dataset, dataregion or grouping object.

Return Value

Returns true if the name is valid; otherwise false.

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