I use Validating and Validated.
I think you cannot e.cancel = true in Validated, and the field binding is not updating as long as you are in Validating. It's a pain indeed, but you get used to.
>Which do you use for textbox text validation?
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>I tried the Textchanged - but it seems to fire off everytime I type a character in the field. Is this correct behavior? Based on intarweb searching, it seems that validating (unless turned off) and lostfocus will always be fired leaving the field, so is there a preference?
If things have the tendency to go your way, do not worry. It won't last. Jules Renard.