PromptChar Property

Gets or sets the character used to represent the absence of user input in MaskedTextBoxCell.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Visual Basic (Usage)
C#

<RefreshPropertiesAttribute(RefreshProperties.Repaint)>
<SRCategoryAttribute("Appearance")>
<LocalizableAttribute(True)>
<SRDescriptionAttribute("Indicates the character used as the placeholder.")>
<DefaultValueAttribute()>
Public Property PromptChar As Char

Dim instance As MaskedTextBoxCell
Dim value As Char
 
instance.PromptChar = value
 
value = instance.PromptChar

[RefreshProperties(RefreshProperties.Repaint)]
[SRCategory("Appearance")]
[Localizable(true)]
[SRDescription("Indicates the character used as the placeholder.")]
[DefaultValue()]
public char PromptChar {get; set;}

Property Value

A System.Char that is used to prompt the user for input. The default is an underscore "_".

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentException	The character specified when setting this property is not a valid prompt character, as determined by the System.ComponentModel.MaskedTextProvider.IsValidInputChar(System.Char) method of the System.ComponentModel.MaskedTextProvider class.
System.InvalidOperationException	The prompt character specified is the same as the current password character, PasswordChar. The two must be different.

Remarks

Refer to MaskedTextBox.PromptChar in MSDN.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

MaskedTextBoxCell Class
MaskedTextBoxCell Members