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,start character, length)

so capture first 7

dim str as string
str = 9999999A
dim a as string
a = mid(str,1,7)
 

[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.SelStart 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 :

MaskedBox1.Mask = #######?
 

[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.SelStart 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.