Masked Edit Box

[MiziaQ]

In my project I need the user to type in the following input:

9999999A

where the first 7 digits must be only digits,
and the last character must be a letter from a-z ONLY

I am using # for the first 7 digits,
which character do I have to use to allow to enter only letters ?

Thanks in advance :)

MiziaQ

[jamesd0142]

many people disagree with me, but i personally advise the mid function...

mid(string,star t character, length)

so capture first 7
[code=vbnet]
dim str as string
str = 9999999A
dim a as string
a = mid(str,1,7)
[/code]

[Killer42]

many people disagree with me, but i personally advise the mid function...

Sorry James, but I think you misunderstood the question. MiziaQ, according to the documentation you use a question mark (?).

[AHMEDYO]

HI..

i think that you can use Key_Press Event to control what type of charatcers user can input asscoiated by Length of your TextBox Control and TextBox.SelStar t Property, for example you can allow only digits if the textbox length less than 7 and allow characters from a-z if the length=7 and selstart=6, you can try something like that



Best Regards

Edit : sorry i was have miss understand about your question, wrong answer.

[lotus18]

In my project I need the user to type in the following input:

9999999A

where the first 7 digits must be only digits,
and the last character must be a letter from a-z ONLY

I am using # for the first 7 digits,
which character do I have to use to allow to enter only letters ?

Thanks in advance :)

MiziaQ

If you're using MaskedBox try this :

[code=vb]
MaskedBox1.Mask = #######?
[/code]

[MiziaQ]

HI..

i think that you can use Key_Press Event to control what type of charatcers user can input asscoiated by Length of your TextBox Control and TextBox.SelStar t Property, for example you can allow only digits if the textbox length less than 7 and allow characters from a-z if the length=7 and selstart=6, you can try something like that



Best Regards

Edit : sorry i was have miss understand about your question, wrong answer.

Hey, could you please give me the code example for that. It would help a great deal :)

[lotus18]

Hey, could you please give me the code example for that. It would help a great deal :)

Don't ask for a code. Just try to do it with your own. If you have some questions regarding about your code that's the time you can ask for our help. : )

[Killer42]

I think you're better off sticking with the masked edit control, rather than trying to do it yourself in a textbox.