Maskedit Control Question

hess_joel · Post by **hess_joel** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:26 am

I'm trying to use a MaskEdit control in a dialog for an IP Address. I've set the mask to ###.###.###.###, now when I try to enter an IP, it's only allowing me to type one character in the field at a time.

So I enter the field, type one character, then I have to reselect the field to enter another character.

Using IA 5.31

File Attached:

PortSelection.dfm

MichaelNesmith · Post by **MichaelNesmith** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:44 am

What is the value of MaxLength? The control normally tabs out only when MaxLength has been reached.

hess_joel · Post by **hess_joel** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:42 pm

MichaelNesmith · Post by **MichaelNesmith** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:36 pm

That's very odd. Could you please also attach the .dfm.miaf file for your dialog?

hess_joel · Post by **hess_joel** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:21 am

Here's the requested file

File Attached:

PortSelection.dfm.miaf

MichaelNesmith · Post by **MichaelNesmith** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:53 pm

Thanks. I believe the problem is that the control is counting its "length" including the placeholder characters, instead of just the characters that have been actually entered by the end-user. This is causing the control to tab-out automatically, because it thinks its at 15 characters, due to the placeholder characters.

I will create an incident for this - in the meantime, I recommend you use a regular edit control (without a mask) to avoid the tabbing problem. Apologies for the inconvenience.