Re: DataBinding.Format still the only way to format Textbox text?

What about creating a custom version of the control with those
properties built in?  Then just use the custom control class when you
want that format. 

Charlotte Foust

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps
and controls [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Phil Sayers
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 11:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] DataBinding.Format still the only way to
format Textbox text?

subclass TextBox.
call it DateTimeTextBox
add a FormatString Property
shadow the .Text property to return a DateTime type

beyond that...i'd be into Parse & Format handlers

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps
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Pardee, Roy
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 2:49 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] DataBinding.Format still the only way to
format Textbox text?


Hey All,

I'm coming back to winforms after a long hiatus, and now doing 2.0.
Back in the 1.1 days if I bound a Textbox.Text property to a DateTime &
I didn't want the time portion displayed, I'd have to handle the
appropriate DataBinding.Format event.  Is that still the case in 2.0, or
is there some new cool way of specifying a display/input format for
that?

Thanks!

-Roy

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