format data for a column

[keith]

I want to disply data with a format for a column
in a GridDataBoundGrid control.

e.g. Telepone or SSN.
[phone] or 123-45-6789.

But these data are in foramt
1234567 or 123456789 in dataset.

Can I use a mask on a column to format it?

Thanks

[Administrator]

Yes, you shoul dbe able to do this. The excludeliterals setting is what allows teh raw data not to have teh formatting characters.

Dim style3 as GridStyleInfo = Me.Grid.GridBoundColumns("PhoneNumber").StyleInfo
	style3.CellType = "MaskEdit"
        maskedEditStyle3.AllowPrompt = False
        maskedEditStyle3.ClipMode = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ClipModes.ExcludeLiterals
        style3.CultureInfo = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US")
        maskedEditStyle3.DateSeparator = "-"c
        maskedEditStyle3.Mask = "(999) 999 - 9999"
        style3.MaxLength = 16
        maskedEditStyle3.SpecialCultureValue = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.SpecialCultureValues.None
        style3.Text = "(___) ___ - ____"
        maskedEditStyle3.UseLocaleDefault = False
        maskedEditStyle3.UseUserOverride = True

The first may need to be

Dim style3 as GridStyleInfo = Me.Grid.Binder.InternalColumns("PhoneNumber").StyleInfo

if you have not explicitly added GridBoundColumns.