How to skip Validating after clicking on a Form's Cancel button

Question

I use C#. I have a Windows Form with an edit box and a Cancel button. The edit box has code in validating event. The code is executed every time the edit box loses focus. Wh

Answer 1

None of these answers quite did the job, but the last answer from this thread does. Basically, you need to:

1. Insure that the Cancel button (if any) has .CausesValidation set to false

2. Override this virtual method.

   protected override bool ProcessDialogKey(Keys keyData) {
       if (keyData == Keys.Escape) {
           this.AutoValidate = AutoValidate.Disable;
           CancelButton.PerformClick();
           this.AutoValidate = AutoValidate.Inherit;
           return true;
       }
       return base.ProcessDialogKey(keyData);
   }
   

I didn't really answer this, just pointing to the two guys who actually did.