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Scott Pearce
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ColumnStyle.IntegerNonNegativeWithSpin How to get rid of PromptChars/Padding?
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Hi All,

I have a column of type IntegerNonNegativeWithSpin.  By default, when in cell edit mode, my cell looks like this:

_________7

I dont like the underscores (_) so I set PromptChar = "".  Now I get:

          7

But what I want is:

7

How do I get rid of the padding to the left of the number?  I've tried setting PadChar = "", but it has no effect.

Thanks in advance!

Scott

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     Hi Scott,

        I don't think you can. If you want to use a mask, then the mask has to have prompt characters. So I don't beleive you can do this with a Style of IntegerNonNegativeWithSpin. 

        What you could probably do instead is use an editor. Place an UltraTextEditor control on your form. Use the ButtonsRight collection to add a SpinEditorButton to it. Then set the EditorControl property of the column to the UltraTextEditor. This will give you a spin button the grid cell without a mask. 

        There are a couple of disadvantages to this approach, though.  

        You will need to handle the EditorSpinButtonClick event of the UltraTextEditor and handle the spinning yourself in code. It won't automatically increment/decrement the value of the cell. This is probably no big deal.

        The other problem is that, without a mask, this editor will not enforce the entry of only numeric characters. So the user may enter letters or invalid characters. So your logic willneed to deal with that.