TDateEdit.SetDateMask procedure

Declaration

procedure SetDateMask; virtual

Description

SetDateMask is a method used to update the EditMask for the control. It also updates the internal member where a FormatDateTime-compatible format string is stored. The mask value is determined by the DateOrder property, and uses the following TDateOrder and edit mask values:

doNone

EditMask is set to an empty string (''). The date format string is also an empty string.

doDMY, doMDY

EditMask is set to '99/99/9999;1;_'. The date format string is set to 'mm/dd/yyyy' (for doMDY) or 'dd/mm/yyyy' (for doDMY).

doYMD

EditMask is set to '9999/99/99;1;_'. The date format string is set to 'yyyy/mm/dd'.

SetDateMask retrieves and re-applies the current value in Date after the EditMask has been changed. This forces the display value in Text to be updated.

SetDateMask is called when a new value is assigned to the DateOrder property.

See also

• DateOrder
• Date
• TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit.EditMask