Data Driven Control Validation and Tooltips

15 Seconds - Automating Control Validation and ToolTips in Visual Studio 2005

"Visual Studio 2005 Windows Forms has some new extended provider components that allow ToolTips and validation error messages to be assigned to individual controls, but the process requires a fair amount of developer time in large projects. A better way is to automate the process to make the ToolTips and validation rules table driven so that non-developers (QA, Support, and even end users) can make changes easily and extend the Binding Source component to attach them to a form.
 
Introduction

Have you ever been very close to getting an application ready for release (you’re running behind schedule of course and the project manager is putting the pressure on) while the quality assurance testers and documentation keep asking for minor (nit-picky?) changes to the tool tips and validation messages? Wouldn’t it be nice to let them make the changes themselves without requiring the valuable time of a developer to make the changes? If you can relate, keep reading.
 
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I’m a big fan of table/data driven features and this one looks, at first glance, to be viable. It’s a 23 page posting I’m going to want to take a good close look at.