How to use ValidationSummary control in asp.net

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ValidationSummary web server control
ValidationSummary control allow us to display summary of all validation errors. we can display validation errors summary inline of a web page or a message box or both by using ShowMessageBox and ShowSummary property value true or false. we can display validation messages as bulleted list, single paragraph or only list based on DisplayMode. we can set a header text for validation summary. asp.net validationsummary control have many properties to design the error messages text as like fore color, back color, border color, border style, border width, theme, skin and after all css class.

validationsummary allow to summarize of all validation error messages from all validators in a single location. this example show you how can we display all validation error messages as summary using validationsummary control. here we uses three text box and make them required field using requiredfieldvalidator control. when someone submit form without entering textboxes value, he got a validation error messages summary in one location as bulleted list.

<asp:ValidationSummary 
            ID="ValidationSummary1" 
            runat="server" 
            HeaderText="Following error occurs....." 
            ShowMessageBox="false" 
            DisplayMode="BulletList" 
            ShowSummary="true"
            BackColor="Snow"
            Width="450"
            ForeColor="Red"
            Font-Size="X-Large"
            Font-Italic="true"
            />