Re: Important change in MaskBox control

[Jussi Lahtinen <jussi.lahtinen@xxxxxxxxx>]

I know nothing about this issue, but please report bugs, instead of doing
workarounds to your private code.
That way everyone gets the fix.


Jussi

On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 7:52 PM Claus Dietrich <claus.dietrich@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Benoît
>
> Just for the record ...
>
> The MaskBox had indeed a very bad bug which occurred when using the
> back-step key (i.e. to correct an entry). I fixed it by making this
> modification:
>
>      While iPos >= 0
>        If $aMask[iPos] Then Break
>        Dec iPos                                              'Added by
> Claus Dietrich because separators are to be passed over
>        Dec iPos
>      Wend
>
> and use this modified user control as source code in a project since
> years. It works perfectly - at least for the entry of a period of time
> in the format mm:ss.
>
> If I find a slot during my garden work I will test the new MaskBox in my
> project and come back.
>
> Best regards
>
> Claus
>
>
> Am 12.04.26 um 23:37 schrieb Benoît Minisini:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The MaskBox control was not reliable, so I rewrote its management code
> > in the master branch.
> >
> > Tell me if it is better now than before.
> >
> > I hope there will not be too many regressions.
> >
> > I added a new syntax, normally backward-compatible, that I named
> > "weak" separator. It's a separator that does not block character
> > insertion or deletion, as if it was not there. Think about the
> > thousand separators of a big number.
> >
> > To add a weak separator, put it into square brackets in the mask.
> >
> > For example, for typing a currency:
> >
> > $##<[,]###<[,]##0<!.00
> >
> > There is still some bugs I'm still working on, but I wanted this code
> > to be tested as soon as possible by those who use the MaskBox control
> > a lot (not me!).
> >
> > If this new behaviour cannot be backward-compatible, I will add some
> > flag to keep the old MaskBox behaviour or use the new one, so that you
> > don't have to adapt your project. And this flag may also be simply
> > based on the version of the interpreter running the project.
> >
> > Just tell me.
> >
>
>
>