StringValidatorAttribute.MinLength Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Source:

StringValidatorAttribute.cs

Gets or sets the minimum allowed value for the string to assign to the property.

public:
 property int MinLength { int get(); void set(int value); };

public int MinLength { get; set; }

member this.MinLength : int with get, set

Public Property MinLength As Integer

Property Value

Int32

An integer that indicates the allowed minimum length for the string to assign to the property.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The selected value is greater than MaxLength.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the MinLength property.

[ConfigurationProperty("fileName", DefaultValue = "default.txt",
    IsRequired = true, IsKey = false)]
[StringValidator(InvalidCharacters = " ~!@#$%^&*()[]{}/;'\"|\\",
    MinLength = 1, MaxLength = 60)]
public string FileName
{
    get
    {
        return (string)this["fileName"];
    }
    set
    {
        this["fileName"] = value;
    }
}

<ConfigurationProperty("fileName", _
DefaultValue:="default.txt", _
IsRequired:=True, _
IsKey:=False), _
StringValidator( _
InvalidCharacters:=" ~!@#$%^&*()[]{}/;'""|\", _
MinLength:=1, _
MaxLength:=60)> _
Public Property FileName() As String
    Get
        Return CStr(Me("fileName"))
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value As String)
        Me("fileName") = value
    End Set
End Property