Access compatible masking support

Quoting the "Designing for Web or Desktop" article published by Microsoft which mentioned the following: "Another problem with standard HTML elements is that they have no standard way of providing an input mask. A lot of users like knowing the format into which they should enter data. For example, a phone number can be entered in many different ways." showing that true mask input control is something that was never possible in web-based environment before WebInput.NET. Certainly, developers can find a lot of resources on the Internet to find some basic input control that support s some masking expression, however they are often incomplete, buggy and have very limited functionalities. The masking support in web-based environment is completely difficult to do, recognizing the data parsing, validation process, per-character processing, client side formatting, and still not to mention the server side validation, server side masking support and comprehensive masking capability up to Windows-equal desktop application such as Microsoft Access

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Intersoft WebInput.NET marks a new leap of web component that has broken the biggest barrier in web-based development environment, with its capability to comply with Access masking expression. That means, developers can now provide excellent and rich input in their web applications for entry fields such as Social Security Number, Extension, Phone Number in any culture, any formats as long as it conforms to the Access masking specification.

WebInput.NET's masking support can be used along with other features such as highlighting, value spinning and more.

Supported data type:

MaskType.DateTime

Requires the EditFormat.Format expression (must be synchronize with the EditFormat.MaskInfo.MaskExpression). Auto short (ddd) and long (dddd) day name fill with first month name character. Auto short (MMM) and long (MMMM) month name fill with first month name character. Support spinning value. HighLightType.Phrase is recommended.

Display Mode

Requires the EditFormat.MaskInfo.MaskExpression.EditFormat.Format expression (must be synchronize with the EditFormat.MaskInfo.MaskExpression) Support spinning value. HighLightType.Character is recommended.

Edit Mode

Does not require the EditFormat.MaskInfo.MaskExpression. Requires the EditFormat.Format expression. Special behavior of number masking with no predefined placeholder. Does not support spinning value. Does not support highlighting.

Display and Edit Mode

Requires the EditFormat.MaskInfo.MaskExpression. It does not require the EditFormat.Format expression. Support spinning value. HighLightType.Character is recommended.

Supported Masking Character:
0
Digit (0 to 9, entry required, plus [+] and minus [–] signs not allowed).
9
Digit or space (entry not required, plus and minus signs not allowed).
#
Digit or space (entry not required; spaces are displayed as blanks while in Edit mode, but blanks are removed when data is saved; plus and minus signs allowed).
L
Letter (A to Z, entry required).
?
Letter (A to Z, entry optional).
A
Letter or digit (entry required).
a
Letter or digit (entry optional).
&
Any character or a space (entry required).
C
Any character or a space (entry optional).
. , : ; - /
Decimal placeholder and thousand, date, and time separators (separator: A character that separates units of text or numbers.) . (The actual character used depends on the settings in the Regional Settings Properties dialog box in Windows Control Panel).
<
Causes all character to be converted to lowercase.
>
Causes all character to be converted to uppercase
Other character
display as literal character.