CMFCMaskedEdit::SetValidChars

Specifies a string of valid characters that the user can enter.

void SetValidChars(
   LPCTSTR lpszValid=NULL 
);

Parameters

• [in] lpszValid
  A string that contains the set of valid input characters. NULL means that all characters are valid. The default value of this parameter is NULL.

Remarks

Use this method to define a list of valid characters. If an input character is not in this list, masked edit control will not accept it.

The following code example accepts only hexadecimal numbers.

//Mask: 0xFFFFm_wndMaskEdit.EnableMask( _T(" AAAA"),                // The mask string. _T("0x____"),               // The literal template string. _T('_'));                   // The default character that replaces the backspace character.// Valid string charactersm_wndMaskEdit.SetValidChars(_T("1234567890ABCDEFabcdef"));m_wndMaskEdit.SetWindowText(_T("0x01AF"));

Requirements

Header: afxmaskededit.h

See Also

Reference

CMFCMaskedEdit Class

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