AddDependentProperty misunderstanding?

I think you need to add the same rule to your second property.  Dependent property simply means that when rules for one of them are run, rules for the other one are run as well, and BuiltBy property in your example has no rules.

            ValidationRules.AddRule<PartOrder>(
                EnsureSupplierBuiltBy,
               SupplierProperty
            );

            ValidationRules.AddRule<PartOrder>(
                EnsureSupplierBuiltBy,
                BuiltByProperty
            );
            ValidationRules.AddDependentProperty(
                BuiltByProperty,
                SupplierProperty,
                true
            );

Sergey Barskiy

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Hi,

I think maybe I'm misunderstanding... but if I have the following:
            ValidationRules.AddRule<PartOrder>(
                EnsureSupplierBuiltBy,
               SupperProperty
            );
            ValidationRules.AddDependentProperty(
                BuiltByProperty,
                SupplierProperty,
                true
            );

        private static bool EnsureSupplierBuiltBy( PartOrder order, RuleArgs e ) {
            bool result;
            string supplier, builtBy;

            result = true;
            supplier = order.ReadProperty( SupplierProperty );
            builtBy = order.ReadProperty( BuiltByProperty );

            if ( string.IsNullOrEmpty( supplier ) && string.IsNullOrEmpty( builtBy ) ) {
                result = false;
                e.Description = Properties.Resources.PartOrderSupplierOrBuiltByRequired;
            }
            if ( !( string.IsNullOrEmpty( supplier ) || string.IsNullOrEmpty( builtBy ) ) ) {
                result = false;
                e.Description = Properties.Resources.PartOrderSupplierXorBuilt;
            }

            return result;
        }
Now, shouldn't the rule be run when BuiltBy is changed?  And if it is, shouldn't there be a broken rule tied to the BuiltBy property as well as the Supplier property?

Thanks
Andy