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• Robert

  Posted on Jun 24, 2009 (permalink)

  Hi All,
  
  I need to exclude the mask characters from my MaskedEditBox.  Using MS's MaskedTextBox, the code to do this is:
  
  myMaskedTextBox.TextMaskFormat = MaskFormat.ExcludePromptAndLiterals;
  
  Does anyone know of the equivalent?
  
  Robert

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• Nikolay Nikolay

  Posted on Jun 30, 2009 (permalink)

  Hi Robert,
  
  We do not have this functionality in our RadMaskedEditBox. However, you can modify the PlaceHolder property which defines the character shown in the edit field instead of the mask characters. By default, the value of this property is "_" and you can set it to a single empty space. We will consider adding the desired functionality in the future releases.
  
  Best wishes,
  Nikolay
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• Robert

  Posted on Jul 27, 2009 (permalink)

  Hi Nikolay,
  
  I found a solution to my problem.  Ultimately, what I was after was the ability to write just the input value to the database, rather than the value + input mask characters (i.e. for a phone number, store only "1234567890" instead of "(123) 456-7890").
  
  Originally, I was using the .Text property, but, after switching to the .Value property, I am now receiving the desired results.
  
  Thanks for your assistance.
  
  Robert

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• Arve Asheim

  Posted on Oct 27, 2011 (permalink)

  Did you actually get this to work?
  I'm binding on the .Value field, and still get the literals using the latest dll-s.
  My mask is for the personal norwegian id, mask = "00-00-00-00000", MaskType = Numeric.
  I only want the digits typed in the .Value field.

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• Peter Peter

  Posted on Oct 31, 2011 (permalink)

  Hello Arve,

  We will provide in our next release a property named TextMaskFormat that manages the literals in the Value property.
  
  For your version Nikolay's workaround is not suitable.
  
  I would suggest that you wait for the new assemlies or to inherit MaskedEditBox and override the Value property in order to remove literal symbols. Please refer to the code below:

  Public Class MyMaskeditBox

         Inherits RadMaskedEditBox

         Public Property Value() As Object

             Get

                 If Me.Mask.StartsWith("p") Then

                     Return DirectCast(MyBase.Value * 100, Integer)

                 Else

                     Dim stringValue As String = DirectCast(MyBase.Value, String)

                     stringValue = stringValue.Replace("-", "").Replace(" ", "")

                     Return stringValue

                 End If

             End Get

             Set(ByVal value)

                 If Me.Mask.StartsWith("p") Then

                     MyBase.Value = value / 100

                 Else

                     MyBase.Value = value

                 End If

             End Set

         End Property

     End Class

  
  I hope this helps. All the best,
  Peter
  the Telerik team

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• Arve Asheim

  Posted on Nov 23, 2011 (permalink)

  Did this make the Q3 2011 release?

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• Peter Peter

  Posted on Nov 25, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Arve,
  
  In Q3 2011 release we provided a property named TextMaskFormat that manages the literals of the Value property.
  

  All the best,

  Peter
  the Telerik team

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