Mask for GridMasked Column is not working

[Aayam]

Hi,

As per our requirement we are creating a Rad Grid programmatically(Telerik DLL Version 2009.3.1103.35).
We have added a GridMasked Column and provided it with data  that is alha numeric(String Datatype.eg  AC2334565).
The mask value is set to "(###) ## ###".
But when i execute the code this is not applied to the data and it show plain with formatting.
Here is my code snippet:
               objGridMaskedColumn = New Telerik.GridMaskedColumn
                With objGridMaskedColumn
                    .UniqueName = cColNameTelephone
                    .HeaderText = "Auth Code"
                    .DataField = "AuthCode"
                    .Mask = "(###) ## ###"
                End With
                gridSample.MasterTableView.Columns.Add(objGridMaskedColumn)

My requirement is that i need to store the data in the database with any format.But while displaying the same text on grid i want to apply formatting to it.As per my understanding GridMasked Column was for  that purpose.
The same can be seen in below demo for Masked Column: http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/grid/examples/generalfeatures/columntypes/defaultcs.aspx


Any help is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Aayam

[Daniel]

Hello Aayam,

The mask is applied in Edit mode only. You could use (if appropriate) the DataFormatString property to set your own custom formatting.

As to the aforementioned demo - if you look at the HomePhone field (Employees table in Northwind) you will notice that the values are already formatted according to that mask.

Custom Numeric Format Strings

Regards,
Daniel
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[Aayam]

Hi Daniel,

Got it.:)
Made the changes and its working fine.
Thanks again for you help.

Regards,
Aayam Singh