RadMaskedTextBox Behavior - Help

[Robert]

Hello I am trying to have a RadMaskedTextBox allow the user to type an SSN, with the caveat that they must be allowed to hit spacebar (whitespace) or the prompt character X.  The idea is to  have a wildcard search.

So I tried with the simple example:

<telerik:RadMaskedTextBox ID="txtSearchSSN" DisplayMask="XXX-XX-XXXX" Mask="###-##-####" PromptChar="X" runat="server" />

However this did *not* allow whitespace like the documentation suggested, and instead would fire a validator off in the control and disallow it.  So I rewrote it lengthier but more explicit so it will include a range from 0-9, X, or a whitespace, like this:

<telerik:RadMaskedTextBox ID="txtSearchSSN" DisplayMask="XXX-XX-XXXX" Mask="<0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9| |X><0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9| |X><0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9| |X>-<0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9| |X><0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9| |X>-<0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9| |X><0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9| |X><0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9| |X><0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9| |X>" PromptChar="X" AllowEmptyEnumerations="true" runat="server"  />

Now it appears to validate and handle the way I would want, but now whenever I use spacebar (whitespace) to indicate a wildcard it changes the input value to Zero (0) rather than leaving it as the prompt character X.

Am I missing something obvious with this control to do what I want?

So if the user types 548 and then all X or Spaces, I want it to show in the input box as 548-XX-XXXX, but now it shows 548-00-0000 if I use spaces.  Using X as input has it showing properly though.

Any help is appreciated

Thanks!

[Maria Ilieva]

Hi,

I would suggest you to review the following forum post where a possible approach for the required functionality is suggested.
Test it on your side and let me know if it helps.

Regards,
Maria Ilieva
Telerik by Progress