Validating or Validation of a CheckBoxList

On my web form I came across an instance that I needed a user to either check a box from a checkboxlist or leave a comment, this then would be emailed to someone. So I needed to validate that a checkbox had been checked or at least a comment was added.

On my button I added onclick=”Control_Click”

<asp:Button id="btnSend" runat="server" CssClass="submitLarge" onclick="Control_Click" Text="SEND"></asp:Button>

Then in the codebehind I added the code to validate and then if validation is true, I send email.

Sub Control_Click(ByVal S As Object, ByVal E As EventArgs)
 validate_chkboxlist()
 Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder

If valChkBoxList = True Then
 CreateEmail()
 Else
lblMessage.Text = "<font color=""#FF0000""><b>You must select at least one CheckBox or add a comment!</b></font>"
 End If

 End Sub

Sub validate_chkboxlist()
 For ii = 0 To (cblInterest.Items.Count - 1)
 If (cblInterest.Items(ii).Selected) Or txtComments.Text <> "" Then
 valChkBoxList = True
 Exit Sub
 End If
 Next
 End Sub

As you can see, from Control_Click I call the validate_chkboxlist. In validate_chkboxlist I loop through the checkboxes but also check that the comment.text isn’t blank. If a box is checked or the commentbox has text in it, valChkBoxList is marked as true and the email is sent.

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