ASPSmith VControls are a suite of Validated Controls that can be dragged and dropped onto forms to quickly create validated form elements for common form items. By using these controls, the amount of code required for any given form item is reduced significantly, usually cutting 4 or more lines of code down to one. Further, since these controls have already been tested, the time spent debugging and coming up with validation logic is significantly reduced as well. Finally, the controls are completely customizable and extensible, so no flexibility is lost by using these controls in your applications. By using the web.config file to set up the default behavior for VControls in your application, you can eliminate even the need to custom configure the controls on each page unless the control really is different from your standard usage.

• ASP.NET Beta 2 Compliant
• Visual Studio.NET Beta 2 Compliant
• Completely configurable via web.config file
• MX Record Lookup validation for Email addresses
• Multiple validation formats supported natively or write your own regular expression
• Easily fits into your form's user interface
• Complete XML/HTML documentation provided
• Working Demo Pages provided
• Subclass and extend the controls to create your own

Validated TextBox Controls:
• CreditCardBox (one or more formats)
• EmailBox
• NumberBox (one or more formats)
• PhoneBox (one or more formats)
• PostalCodeBox (one or more formats)
• SsnBox (one or more formats)
• UrlBox (one or more formats)
• ZipBox (subclass of PostalCodeBox)

Validated DropDownList Controls:
• Coming Soon!

• Version 0.1.614.26042 - 6 September 2001
• Version 0.1.593.41701 - 17 August 2001

Visual Studio.NET integration is not yet done automatically. Right now the easiest way to use these controls is to follow the following simple steps:

1. Copy the ASPSmith.VControls.dll to your application's bin folder.
2. Add the following line to your ASP.NET page:
   <%@ Register TagPrefix="ASPSmith" Namespace="ASPSmith.VControls" Assembly="ASPSmith.VControls" %>
3. Refer to the controls using the ASPSmith prefix followed by the name of the control. For example:
   <ASPSmith:EmailBox id="Email" runat="server" SeparatorHtml="</td><td>" IsRequired="True" />

Starting with version 0.1.614.26042, the VControls support the use of settings in the web.config file to establish defaults for the common properties of all of the controls. If the default implementation of a VControl is not what you would prefer, and you are going to use the control more than once in your application, you can easily configure the control to default to the behavior you prefer by adding some nodes to your web.config file. Included with the download is a sample web.config file that includes all of the possible settings for all of the controls. To use this, simply cut and paste what you need, including the XML hierarchy, into your web.config file. Don't forget that you will need to include the entire <sectionGroup name="VControls"> section, which should go in a sectionGroup node (which you can also cut and paste if you don't already have one in your web.config).

The VControls all inherit from a VControl class, which in turn inherits from the Control class, which is built into the .NET Framework. The TextBox controls, in turn, all inherit from the VTextBox class. This class can easily be extended to cover other TextBox form fields that you may need within your organization or application. Here are the exposed methods and properties of VTextBox: (coming soon - for now see the XML documentation at VControls.xml or view the assembly using VS.NET or Lutz Roeder's .NET Desktop Object Browser

You can download the latest version of the VControls Suite from the following URL:
http://aspsmith.com/vcontrols/

None.

• Full VS.NET Integration.
• Web.Config configuration for default values.
• Optional MX record lookup for email validation.
• Optional HTTP lookup for URL validation.
• International Phone Options.
• States DropDownList (US and other countries), with or without abbreviations, with optional web service for updates.
• Countries DropDownList, with or without abbreviations, with optional web service for updates.
• Month DropDownList, with numeric, abbreviation, full name options (for credit card expiration dates)
• Year DropDownList (for credit card expiration dates)
• Gender DropDownList
• MaritalStatus DropDownList
• Number (optionally positive, negative, integer, float)
• Money (special case of Number)
• Password

Please send all bugs, feedback, and feature requests to training@aspsmith.com.