I have a wizard style form using sql server databinding.  During the wizard steps I collect the users data into a class.  The wizard has multiple user controls (forms) that get loaded into the main form based on a menu.  If the user opens navigates to form1 and edits or enters new values, I pass those values to the class.  When the user navigates back to form1, I load the data from the class back into the form.  The problem is the only way the class data appears is if the user clicks in the control(s) that were edited.  It seems to me I have to validate the controls, and previously I just called this.Validate() and the data was refreshed, but this isn't working with the class data.  Is this because the validate method automatically works with binding sources?  I am thinking I will have to validate each control separately.

Any suggestions?

ok.  I think i may have something to do with the user control (form) being loaded into a panel on another form.  I seems like there is a hierarchy with validation and the container controls.  I did try to validate the user control from the main form but that didn't work either.  gonna play around some more.

this.Validate();

to

this.ValidateChildren();

and that solved the problem.

this.Validate();

to

this.ValidateChildren();

and that solved the problem.