SftMask.TextDisplay Property	Softel vdm, Inc.

Returns the interpreted control contents.

Syntax       

	Get
		VB.NET	Text = object.TextDisplay  As String
		VB	Text = object.TextDisplay  As String
		C#.NET	string Text = object.TextDisplay;
		VC++	_bstr_t Text = object->TextDisplay; _bstr_t Text = object->GetTextDisplay();
		C	HRESULT object->get_TextDisplay(BSTR* Text);
		Delphi	Text := object.TextDisplay   : WideString;

object

A SftMask object.

Text

Returns the interpreted control contents.

Comments

The TextDisplay property returns the interpreted control contents.

When retrieving the TextDisplay property in a Masked Edit control (with Mask), input positions without data are represented by the space character. The otherwise equivalent Text property returns carriage return (Chr(13)) characters instead.

The ClipMode property affects the handling of literal characters.

It is possible to retrieve portions of the control contents using the Contents.Value property.

The properties Text, TextDisplayWithLiterals, TextDisplayNoLiterals, TextPureWithLiterals and TextPureNoLiterals also retrieve the control contents with varying handling of unspecified input positions and literal characters.

Property	Unspecified Positions	Literals
Text	Chr(13)	ClipMode
TextDisplay	Space	ClipMode
TextDisplayNoLiterals	Space	No
TextDisplayWithLiterals	Space	Yes
TextPureNoLiterals	Chr(13)	No
TextPureWithLiterals	Chr(13)	Yes