Powershell use ErrorProvider value for final form validation

Question

With Powershell I have a Windows form, dynamically generating several text boxes. I use a validation on each textbox, then use an ErrorProvider to alert if the validation fails.

This is working fine for displaying the error '!' notification. Is there a way to check how many errors are left?

My pseudo-code would say:

On 'OK' click
Loop though each TextBox
Validate each TextBox
Error if fail / Clear error if pass
Return
If there are no more errors, close the form

Or do I need to maintain a separate logic to see when the errors have been rectified? (The ErrorProvider check below is just a placeholder, I have no idea what to put there!)

$ButtonOK.Add_Click({

    $objectList | where {$_ -is [System.Windows.Forms.TextBox] } | foreach-object {

    Validate-Input $_

    }

    if ($ErrorProvider -eq $null) { #This is where I'm stuck
        $Form.Close()
    }

})

mhouston100 mhouston100 · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-27T10:31:10

So judging from the response here there is no built in way to reference the amount of errors remaining. Taking the advice of that thread and porting it to Powershell I implemented the following:

Define a hash table to store the error state for each object
When setting or clearing an error use the following:

Set an error: $errTable.set_item("$($curTB.name)","1")

Clearing an error: $errTable.remove("$($curTB.name)")
Use the following code in the 'add_click' section:

If ($errTable.count -le "0") { $form.close() }

Seems to work well and be pretty shorthand.

Powershell use ErrorProvider value for final form validation

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