RadMaskedEditBox Value not working in Q2 2011 version

[Javier Gonzalez de Aragon]

Hi. I use RadMaskedEditBox to display percent values. My code used the value property of the control to obtain the numeric value without the masked format and to assign values to the control form database fields. In Q2 2011 this is no longer possible because the value property returns the same values as the text property and when I assign values it no longer displays them correctly.

If my masked box displayed "4.00 %", the value property used to return 0.04. Now it returns "4.00 %". In the same way, if the database field had a value of 0.04 the masked box used to display "4.00 %" and now it displays "0.04 %".

Am I doing something wrong or is there a new way of doing this?

Thanks,

Javier Gonzalez de Aragon.

[Peter]

Hi Javier Gonzalez De Aragon,

I can confirm the issue.

We will address this misbehavior in our SP release at the end of August.

We have added points to your account for the report.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have other questions.

Best wishes,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Javier Gonzalez de Aragon]

Thanks for the response. I wanted to let you know that the ReadOnly property isn't working either. It seems this control wasn't ready for release.

Javier Gonzalez de Aragon

[Peter]

Hi Javier Gonzalez De Aragon,

Thank you very much for writing back.

We are aware of this issue and we will address it in our Service Pack planned for the beginning of September.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you encounter further issues.

Regards,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Catalin]

Hello,

There seems to be a bigger problem, if you try to set the control value via code nothing happens:

radMaskedEditBox1.Value = "a value";
radMaskedEditBox1.Text = "a text";

In both cases the control does not refresh the value/text.

[Javier Gonzalez de Aragon]

Any chance it gets solved in a nightly build?

Javier Gonzalez de Aragon

[Peter]

Hello Catalin,

Thank you for writing.

I cannot reproduce the described issue - could you provide more details about the mask pattern and mask type? Please be aware that both properties Text and Value are validated properties. So, you cannot assign neither the value, nor the text if these properties cannot pass mask type validation.

@Javier
Before released, a build should pass several serious QA cycles. We have just fixed the reported issues and no QA cycles have been performed on the fixes and on the whole build. Our next Service Pack is due in the end of August/beginning of September (two weeks time frame) so we will be able to provide you with a build that you can use for production with the release of the SP1.

All the best,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Catalin]

Hello Peter,

The test is very straightforward, you just need to create a winforms project, add a RadMaskedEditBox on the default form and put the initialization code after the InitializeComponent call or on the click of a button.

So, if you put :

this.radMaskedEditBox1.Value = "test";
this.radMaskedEditBox1.Text = "test";

nothing happens.

Please note that I did not touch any of the control properties, the mask is empty - I guess that no validation is needed.

I tested with the last two versions:
- 2011.1 - the code works as expected, the control shows the correct value
- 2011.2 - the code does nothing, the control is empty

Have a nice day,
Catalin Laba.

[Peter]

Hello Catalin,

Thank you for writing back.

Using the provided information I managed to find the shortcoming in RadMaskedEditBox when the MaskType is set to None. Please excuse us for the caused inconvenience. We will address this issue in our Service Pack scheduled for the beginning of September.

Thank you for reporting this issue. Your Telerik points have been updated. Do not hesitate to contact us, if you encounter further issues.

Best wishes,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Javier Gonzalez de Aragon]

I've installed the SP1 release. The value property works as expected when you read the value, but if I assign a value using a percent mask the value isn't displayed as it should. If I assign a value of 0.08 I expect the control to display  "8.00 %", instead it displays "0.08 %". Is this the way it works now?

Thanks,

Javier Gonzalez de Aragon

[Peter]

Hi Javier Gonzalez De Aragon,

Thank you for your feedback.

I can confirm this as an issue. We will provide fix for it in our next release.

We have added points to your account for reporting the issue. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have other questions.

Regards,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Javier Gonzalez de Aragon]

Hi, do you have a time frame for the next release?

Thanks,

Javier Gonzalez de Aragon

[Peter]

Hi Javier Gonzalez De Aragon,

We plan our next major release for November. I hope this is not too late for you. However, if the issue is a show stopper for you, we could prepare an internal build where the issue is addressed.

Please don not hesitate to contact me, if you have any other questions.

All the best,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Javier Gonzalez de Aragon]

If you could address the issue with an internal build it would really help me.

Thanks,

Javier Gonzalez de Aragon

[Peter]

Hi Javier Gonzalez De Aragon,

Thank you for writing me back. We will need some time in order to prepare the custom build. We will able to send the modified assemblies by the end of next week. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.

Should you have any other questions, do not hesitate to ask.

Greetings,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Peter]

Hi Javier Gonzalez De Aragon,

Please find the answer to your enquiry in the support ticket named after the current forum thread - RadMaskedEditBox Value not working in Q2 2011 version. You can find the ticket in Your Account.

All the best,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Alwin]

Hello Peter.

this issue isn't fixed right now!
We have multiple RadMaskedEditBoxes with Mask "C" and MaskType Numeric. When getting the Value Property in my case the value is like "1.000,00 €" same as Text Property!
We need the fix (or workaround) ASAP, because we write some business software where you need to enter currency values in quite every formular!
This issue was fixed in release 2011.2.11.831 and now after upgrading to 2011.3.11.1219 the issue is back!

I had another issue, when i wanted to change the Value of a RadMaskedEditBox from "1.000,00 €" to "1.001,00 €". When i change the 0 to 1 the Value "100,10 €" appears in the RadMaskedEditBox!

Best regards
Alwin Nord

[Morten]

I can confirm that the issue has re-appeared, or at the very least, is still existent.

When using "c" as Mask, Culture "nb-NO" input given at the decimal point, or after it, is "applied" wrong,

i. e. "10,50" becomes "10,05". 

While using Swedish culture however, the behavior is correct.

[Peter]

Hi All,

Thank you for writing.

@Alwin
You should set the TextMaskFormat property to ExcludePromtAndLiterals.
This property determines whether literals (like currency symbols) and prompt characters are included in the value property.

this.radMaskedEditBox1.TextMaskFormat=System.Windows.Forms.MaskFormat.ExcludePromptAndLiterals;

@Morten
We are aware of this issue and we provided a fix for it in our Q3 Release.

I hope this helps.
 
I hope this helps.
Best wishes,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Alwin]

Hello Peter,

TextMaskFormat is exaclty what i needed. Why isn't this value, the Defaultvalue of the control in order to let the behavior of the control as is has been before? In the version notes of 2011.3.11.1116 it says:

ADDED: TextMaskFormat property that manages the literals in the Value property.
That means, this is optional and old behavior isn't touched! In other ways you got to create a breaking change for that!

Best regards

[Morten]

Thank you for you response,

but I am using 2011.3.11.1116 and the problem has not lost any of it's characteristics ("nb-NO") since Q2?

[Peter]

Hi All,

@Morten
We addressed this in our Q3 2011 SP1 version - v2011.3.11.1219 

@Alwin
We will change the default value of TextMaskFormat property to ExcludePromptAndLiterals in order to avoid breaking changes in our next version.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have other questions.

All the best,

Peter
the Telerik team