Hi Raju,

> But, When First Digit Enters in control, all mask gone and the only digit displays.

I performed a test on this but didn't reproduce the problemon my side.

> if we delete one character with Delete Key or Backspace Key, remaining text displays. When Ipress Backspace, it looks Like below.
Ex: 50/52/008_

This behavior is by design. A workaround is to handle the KeyUp event of the MaskedTextBox to insert a " " to the text in the appropriate position. The following is a sample:

void maskedTextBox1_KeyUp(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)

{

if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Back || e.KeyCode == Keys.Delete)

{

int position = this.maskedTextBox1.SelectionStart;

char c = this.maskedTextBox1.Text[position];

if (!c.Equals('-'))

{

this.maskedTextBox1.Text = this.maskedTextBox1.Text.Insert(position, " ");

this.maskedTextBox1.SelectionStart = position;

}

}

}

The above code works fine in my application. Please try it to see if it is what you want.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu

Hi Raju,

Thank you for your reply.

> Whenall MaskedTextbox contestsselected, if we press any key,all Mask disappears (it may be moved to left or right but not visible) and entered character is displaying and no more characters accepting in to the control.


I still couldn't reproduce the problem on my side. I perform tests in my XP and Vista machines. What's the OS version on your pc?

Sincerely,
Linda Liu

Madam, Thank you very much for your cooperation. and i am copying the entier code below. the FORM1 contains Two controls, one MaskedTextbox control and an ordinaryTextbox (for getting focus)

''''''' The Complete Code

Option Strict On
Option Explicit On
Imports System.Windows.Forms


Public Class Form1

Private Sub Form1_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyPress
If e.KeyChar = Convert.ToChar(Keys.Return) Then
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("{tab}")
e.Handled = True
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
MaskedTextBox1.Mask = "99/99/9999"
MaskedTextBox1.Text = Today.ToShortDateString
KeyPreview = True
End Sub

Private Sub MaskedTextBox1_GotFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MaskedTextBox1.GotFocus
MaskedTextBox1.SelectAll()
End Sub
End Class


''''I found the problme, and the problem raising when Form's KeyPress event traping
''''When Press Enter Key, the Focus go to next control
''''the following function (already mentioned above)''''''''''''''

Private Sub Form1_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyPress
If e.KeyChar = Convert.ToChar(Keys.Return) Then
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("{tab}")
e.Handled = True
End If
End Sub

'''''''What if the above KeyPress event not used, there is no any problem
''''''' But this event is required in my environment.

Is there any alternative for this Keypress event. Please help me.

Thanks in advance.
Raju