I posted this in the VB forum but haven't gotten an answer that works yet. I hope I fine a VB.Net person here.

I have an unbound masked edit control with a mask for a social security number. I had code in the click event of a button to clear the SSN but it would only work the first time the button was clicked.

This is the line of code I used:

Me.MaskedEdit1.Text = " / / " (3 spaces, 2 spaces, 4 spaces)

Also tried:
Me.MaskedEdit1.Text = " / / " (same spaces)
Me.MaskedEdit1.Mask = "###/##/####"

And:
Me.MaskedEdit1.Mask = "###/##/####"
Me.MaskedEdit1.Text = " / / " (same spaces)

And:
Me.MaskedEdit1.Text = ""
Me.MaskedEdit1.Mask = "###/##/####"

Any ideas?


Thanks

Hey Steve,

I have the same problem with a masked Edit Control for entering a phone number. I have been frantically searching for a fix, but I could not find one. I came up with a workaround.

I set the .Mask = " "
then the .SelText = " "
then reset the .Mask = "(###)###-####"
here is my code

mskPhone is the name of the Masked Edit TextBox

mskPhone.Mask = " "
mskPhone.SelText = " "
mskPhone.Mask = "(###)###-####"


I hope this helps
Thanks,
Kristyn