hexadecimal mask

[Doug]

I would like to know if a hexadecimal mask is available in the MaskEdit cells. If not, is this a feature that is planned on being implemented? Thanks.

[Administrator]

There is currently no hexadecimal mask for the MaskEdit cell. I will forward your request to the tools team to see what would have to be done to add support for such a mask.

You could also handle this yourself in a straight-forward manner using a grid event like CurrentCellValidateString.

private void gridControl1_CurrentCellValidateString(object sender, GridCurrentCellValidateStringEventArgs e)
{
	//identify the cell somehow - we assume col2 is the hex col
	GridCurrentCell cc = this.gridControl1.CurrentCell;
	if(cc.ColIndex == 2)
	{
		foreach (char c in e.Text)
		{
			char c1 = c.ToString().ToLower()[0];
			if("abcdef0123456789".IndexOf(c1) == -1)
			{
				e.Cancel = true;
				break;
			}
		}
	}
}

[Doug]

This solution works great for TextBoxes, but I want to use the formatting that a mask gives me as well. TextBoxes will validate after each letter is typed, but MaskEdit cells will only validate upon leaving the cell. Is there a way to use MaskEdit cells and still be able to exclude all alphanumerics except 0-9, a-f? Thanks.

[Administrator]

There is no simple way to do this that I know of. It would require deriving several classes to attempt it.

The tools engineer who handles the MaskEdit said that he would try to add support for a Hex char mask. Maybe it will mak ethe upcoming 2.0 release.