I need to use basic functionality of the MaskedTextBox
. I can get use of the 5 digit mask but there are few things that I want to change. Right now the box is looking like this:
and there are two thing I don't like. First - the Prompt char
which is undersoce _
. I deleted the field value in order to leave it empty (as I would like it to appear) but this gives an error - The property value is invalid
. So is there a way to get rid of these underscores? And second - I use this value for one of my entity properties which is of integer type so I make a convertion :
if (txtNumOfAreas.Text != "")
{
string temp = txtNumOfAreas.Text;
bool result = Int32.TryParse(temp, out convertValue);
if (result)
{
entity.AreasCnt = convertValue;
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show(Resources.ERROR_SAVE, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
return false;
}
}
else
{
entity.AreasCnt = null;
}
which works fine unless someone decides to make experiments and insert something like _1__5_
then the conversion fails, but at first place I would like to make possible to write the digits only one after another. So is this possible too?
It looks like your MaskedEdit is more trouble than it's worth to deal with your particular range of issues. A better control to use might be the NumericUpDown.
The upside to NumericUpDown: