Avoid Raising ValidatingItem on Add Button Click

Updated on Sep 15, 2025

Environment

Product Version	2018.3.1016
Product	RadDataForm for WPF

Description

How to avoid raising validation when the Add button of RadDataForm gets clicked.

Solution

Create a custom DataFormCommandProvider and override its AddNew method. In the method call only the AddNewItem method of RadDataForm.

C#

	public class CustomCommandProvider : DataFormCommandProvider
	{
		public CustomCommandProvider() : base(null)
		{
		}
		public CustomCommandProvider(RadDataForm dataForm)
				: base(dataForm)
		{
			this.DataForm = dataForm;
		}
	 
		protected override void AddNew()
		{
			if (this.DataForm != null)
			{
				this.DataForm.AddNewItem();
			}
		}
	}

Then assign the custom provider to the CommandProvider property of RadDataForm.

C#

	this.radDataForm.CommandProvider = new CustomCommandProvider(this.radDataForm);

See Also

• Customizing Commands