[RESOLVED] Custom String Format

[Brent Burgess]

Hi all,

I am not sure if the title best describes what I want achieve. I have a text box, and I either want it to be in the format of "AAA111" or "AAA111-111" Is there a function I can use to check the user input against the required format?

Thanks

Brent

[gep13]

Hey,

There are a number of ways you could do this. For instance, you could use a regular expression to validate the input to ensure that it matches the required format.

Or, if you are using VS 2005, then you might want to look into the MaskedTextBox. You can set the Mask property to match the format that you would like.

Here are some links:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...edtextbox.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...tbox.mask.aspx

For instance, assuming all the values are required in the above examples, you could use the following masks:

LLL000

LLL000-000

Hope this helps!!!

Gary

[Brent Burgess]

Hi Gary,

Thanks - That is just what I was looking for!!

Brent