Re: Restricting Data-Entry into Text Box
by rowe_newsgroups on 11/1/2007 6:50:00 AM
On Nov 1, 4:37 pm, Greg <AccessVBA...@newsgroups.nospam> wrote:
> I'm from an Access background and I'm working with VB.Net.
>
> In MS Access I can restrict data-entry into my fields on a form using the
> Format property. Is there an equivilant in VB.Net. I want to restrict
> data-entry into my text boxes to numeric only. 0-9 only. I don't want a
> decimal place.
>
> Thanks
You can use a masked edit textbox for a quick-and-dirty solution or
you can trap the input using the KeyDown/KeyUp/KeyPress events and
"kickout" any bad keys.
Thanks,
Seth Rowe
RE: Restricting Data-Entry into Text Box
by "Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]" on 11/2/2007 6:20:00 AM
Hi Greg,
In VS2005, you may use MaskedTextBox for this purpose. See links below:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.maskedtextbox.
aspx
Thanks.
Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support
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