Filling a masked edit box

[wdw]

Hello,

 

I've got a masked edit box with this mask "##-##-####"

it's a date field. Now i want to fill it from the database but i don't know how. I am able to get the date from the database but i cannot bind the date to the masked editbox.

 

Can someone give me a solution for my problem.

 

thanks

[Nerseus]

You'll have to use the textbox's Parse and Format events to convert the date into your mask's format. Look in the help for either of these events - they have sample on converting Currency to String and back (I think).

 

Also, you may want to avoid the maskedit box as it's not a real .NET control. Check out divil's tutorial on how to use regular expressions to validate a control's text.

 

-nerseus

[wdw]

thanks for your reply,

I solved my problem by using te datetimepicker.

I was trying to avoid it but it was just the best solution.