TItemProp.EditMask property

Declaration

property EditMask: string read FEditMask write SetEditMask;

Description

EditMask is a String property which specifies the edit mask used when editing an item in TValueListEditor. EditMask can contain the edit mask notation used in TMaskEdit, such as:

\

Quotes the following character; i. e. '\-' inserts the literal '-' character

<

Converts following characters to upper case

>

Converts following characters to lower case

l

Allows an optional letter value [A-Z][a-z]

L

Requires a letter value [A-Z][a-z]

a

Optional alphanumeric character [A-Z][a-z][0-9]

A

Required alphanumeric character [A-Z][a-z][0-9]

c

Optional UTF-8-encoded character [#32-#255]

C

Required UTF-8-encoded character [#32-#255]

9

Optional numeric value [0-9]

0

Required numeric value [0-9]

#

Optional sign or numeric value [+-][0-9]

:

Inserts the hour/minute time separator [:]

/

Inserts the date separator [/]

h

Optional hexadecimal character [0-9][A-F]

H

Required hexadecimal character [0-9][A-F]

b

Optional binary character

B

Required binary character

!

Trims leading space characters

Changing the value in EditMask causes the TValueListEditor (which owns the item) to be redrawn when its EditorMode property is True.

See also

• TCustomStringGrid.EditorMode