ValidateName Method

Checks report item names to ensure that they are unique and that they are not empty or null and do not contain invalid characters.

Syntax

'Declaration
 
Public Function ValidateName( _
   ByVal name As String, _
   ByVal nameType As NameType _
) As Boolean

public bool ValidateName( 
   string name,
   NameType nameType
)

name: A string value representing the name to validate.
nameType: A NameType enumeration indicating whether the name is for a control, dataset, dataregion or grouping object.

Returns true if the name is valid; otherwise false.