Thanks for your reply.  Saving the literals to the database is not what we need which I gather is what would happen if using RawTextWithLiterals.  Can we get the raw text by replacing the literals when actually inserting into the database?  What would happen when retrieving that value back into the grid with the mask?

For example:
   Our mask is:    (###) ###-####
   GridValue:        (999) 999-9999
   Database value:  GridValue.Replace("(","").Replace(")","").Replace(" ","").Replace("-","")

I haven't had the opportunity to test this but would like your opinion on whether or not you think it would work.

Thanks and have a great day!

Hi,

The WebMaskEdit has property RawText. That can be used to get/set value without literals regardless of the DataMode value. That is probably what you need.

Sorry, but I don't see a property of RawText other than as a value for DataMode.  How would it be used?

Thanks!

Hi,

That property is not serializable, so it can not be accessed within aspx. If should see it and modify within Properties at visual design. But it is really a run-time property. Example to use:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string rawText = this.WebMaskEdit1.RawText;
}

Hi Viktor,

on several pages in my project there is an Ajax populating the Counties dropdown, called on OnTextChanged of an asp:TextBox.

Is there a way to do the same thing with a
WebMaskEdit? One of the pages in the project uses WebMaskEdit for a zipcode.

<

asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat

="server">

<ContentTemplate

>

<asp:TextBox ID="txtHQZip" runat="server" MaxLength="5" Width="60px" OnTextChanged="txtHQZip_TextChanged" AutoPostBack="true" />

<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlCounty" runat="server" onChange="AssignToTextBox();"></asp:DropDownList

>

</ContentTemplate

>

</asp:UpdatePanel>

Hi,

WebMaskEdit has AutoPostBack property identical to TextBox. It has server event ValueChanged as well. So, you may

aspx:

<asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server">
 <ContentTemplate>
  <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True"
   ontextchanged="TextBox1_TextChanged"></asp:TextBox>
  <igtxt:WebMaskEdit ID="WebMaskEdit1" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True"
   onvaluechange="WebMaskEdit1_ValueChange"></igtxt:WebMaskEdit>
  <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label>
 </ContentTemplate>
</asp:UpdatePanel>

aspx.cs:

protected void TextBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   this.Label1.Text += ":TextBox="+this.TextBox1.Text;
}
protected void WebMaskEdit1_ValueChange(object sender, Infragistics.WebUI.WebDataInput.ValueChangeEventArgs e)
{
   this.Label1.Text += ":MaskEdit="+this.WebMaskEdit1.Value;
}

Notes:
WebMaskEdit also has various ClientSideEvents, so, you may process them and avoid AutoPostBack.

If you use WebMaskEditor, then it has more options for AutoPostBack, they are located in the AutoPostBackFlags property.

Yes, conflicts between GAC and run time dlls is "special" feature of dot-net...
Glad you fixed that.

I also recommend once in awhile close all instances of VisualStudio and remove all files from
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\

Viktor,

after rebooting my workstation the WebMaskEdit is posting back asynchronously each time, not just the first one. Thank you for your support.

the problem is that the async postback fires only once after the page is loaded, the next ones aren't hapenning

I agree to it being strange. This is the code, that executes only on the first attempt to fill the ddlCounty:

 <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server">
            <ContentTemplate>                           
                <igtxt:WebMaskEdit ID="groupZip" CssClass="textBoxEdit" InputMask="#####"
                    Width="40px" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true"
                    onvaluechange="groupZip_ValueChange" ></igtxt:WebMaskEdit>
                <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlCounty" runat="server"></asp:DropDownList>
            </ContentTemplate>
            </asp:UpdatePanel>

protected void groupZip_ValueChange(object sender, Infragistics.WebUI.WebDataInput.ValueChangeEventArgs e)
        {
            BindCounty(groupZip.Text);           
        }