The Input Validator control provides an easy-to-use, self-wiring text validation component, called ValidationProvider. The component can be dragged and dropped onto any Windows Form, which adds a validation expression property, representing a validation criterion, to each compatible input component. Each criterion can then be configured using either the Validation Configuration dialog or the Property window, allowing developers to quickly set up validation at design time. Input components are then automatically validated at runtime. The validation component also features fully customizable error messages and a regular expression tester. 

One of the greatest strengths of the Input Validator control is the fact that it can be used to add flexible validation to input components without having to resort to coding it. Validation criteria can be configured using simple dialog boxes. 

The Input Validator control currently supports text validation for the following input components: