On 1/30/05 3:27 AM, "Phil M" <phil at mobleybros dot com> wrote:
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> On Jan 29, 2005, at 5:18 PM, Joseph J. Strout wrote:
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>> Can somebody explain to me why the Mask property won't work for this?
Mask="9"
For i = 1 to 7
mask= mask+mask
NEXT
Mask=mask+"."+mask
EditField1.mask=mask
That enough precision for yuh? This should give 128decimals before and after
the dot.
Keep smilin'
Ronald Vogelaar
http://www.rovosoft.com
>
> He wants a single decimal point, but the number of digits before and
> after the decimal may vary. The problem with the Mask is that it can
> be trial and error before you get exactly the right combination for the
> task. I think that this is more of a documentation issue and not
> anything specific with the feature. It would be *very* nice to have a
> variable length example in the documentation instead of just the fixed
> telephone and social security examples.
>
> For this task, set the Mask property using the string:
>
> "9999999.9999999"
>
> The "9" refers to an optional digit. So you can enter up to 7 digits
> before the required decimal (in this example) and then another 7 digits
> after the decimal. If you enter 3 digits before the decimal, you still
> only get 7 digits after the decimal because of the way this mask
> property works -- so make sure you have enough precision for the task.
>
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