Validating multiple textboxes with multiple checks - vb.net

Question

I have multiple textboxes in a groupbox, and can successfully cycle through them all. However the checkNumbers sub fails to recognise blank/null entries, and also non-numeric characters. The correctValidation boolean should return true if all the criteria are met (no blanks/nulls, and must be a number between 1-20). Any thoughts on how to solve this would be appreciated.
Private Sub checkNumbers()
Try
For Each txt As TextBox In Me.gbTechnical.Controls.OfType(Of TextBox)()
If txt.Text <> "" And IsNumeric(txt.Text) And (Integer.Parse(txt.Text) >= 1 And Integer.Parse(txt.Text) <= 20) Then
correctValidation = True
Else
correctValidation = False
MsgBox("Please ensure all numbers are between 1 and 20")
Exit Sub
End If
Next
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("General: Please ensure all numbers are between 1 and 20")
End Try
End Sub

Answer 1

I would use Integer.TryParse and then >= 1 AndAlso <= 20. You could use this LINQ query:
Dim number As Int32
Dim invalidTextBoxes =
From txt In gbTechnical.Controls.OfType(Of TextBox)()
Where Not Integer.TryParse(txt.Text, number) OrElse number < 1 OrElse number > 20
Dim correctValidation = Not invalidTextBoxes.Any()
Note that you should almost always use AndAlso instead of And and OrElse instead of Or since those operators are Is short-circuiting boolean operators. This can be more efficient and - more important - can prevent errors. Consider this:
Dim text = ""
If txt IsNot Nothing And txt.Text.Length <> 0 Then text = txt.Text
This fails if txt is nothing since the second condition is evaluated even if the first already was evaluated to false which causes a NullReferenceException at txt.Text.

Answer 2

if you only want a number value, why don't you try to use NumericUpDown. You can also set the Minimum and Maximum in property or use
NumericUpDown1.Maximum = 20
so, there won't be a need to do checkNumbers.
Or is there any reason that you have to use textbox??