How do I stop invalid characters being typed into a TextBox?

[Tim Osborne]

Hi

At first blush this seemed like it should be so simple. Guess again.

I want to only allow numeric characters and hexadecimal values in a TextBox,
anything else should be ignored, and maybe a beep be issued.

So I figure I need a KeyDown event and I just have to mark it as Handled,
right?

Wrong!!!!

So how do I accomplish this? I have all my controls in a UserControl BTW.

As a side note, you'd think Microsoft would have added a NumericOnly
property to their text fields by now.
How many times have I had to do numeric only validation, I've lost count.

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,
"Tim Osborne" <Ti*********@xc ellenet.com> wrote in message
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Hi

At first blush this seemed like it should be so simple. Guess again.

I want to only allow numeric characters and hexadecimal values in a
TextBox,
anything else should be ignored, and maybe a beep be issued.

So I figure I need a KeyDown event and I just have to mark it as Handled,
right?

Wrong!!!!
I could bet I have done it this way, why it's not working with you? In what
platform are you in?
So how do I accomplish this? I have all my controls in a UserControl BTW.

As a side note, you'd think Microsoft would have added a NumericOnly
property to their text fields by now.
How many times have I had to do numeric only validation, I've lost count.
You are right in this one, not only that but it's enough to make public a
protected property
public class NumberTextBox : TextBox
{
protected override CreateParams CreateParams
{
get
{
CreateParams cp = base.CreatePara ms;
cp.Style |= 0x2000; // ES_NUMBER
return cp;
}
}
}

cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

[Piotrekk]

Perhaps you shoud try manipulate with MaskedTextBox
PK

[Tim Osborne]

Ahhhhhh, well the first part of the solution is to do the checking in the
KeyPressed handler.

That way when you say e.Handled = true; it doesn't pass the event onwards.

Now I just have to figure out how to make a Beep sound.

Any ideas on that one?
"Tim Osborne" <Ti*********@xc ellenet.com> wrote in message
news:Og******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

Hi

At first blush this seemed like it should be so simple. Guess again.

I want to only allow numeric characters and hexadecimal values in a
TextBox,
anything else should be ignored, and maybe a beep be issued.

So I figure I need a KeyDown event and I just have to mark it as Handled,
right?

Wrong!!!!

So how do I accomplish this? I have all my controls in a UserControl BTW.

As a side note, you'd think Microsoft would have added a NumericOnly
property to their text fields by now.
How many times have I had to do numeric only validation, I've lost count.

[D. Yates]

> Now I just have to figure out how to make a Beep sound.
using System.Runtime. InteropServices ;

[DllImport("kern el32.dll")]
private static extern bool Beep(int freq, int dur);
Beep(3000, 200);