MaskedTextBox.Mask not working properly

Question

I am using MaskedTextBox in my code to for a date field.

When I am giving maskedTextBox1.Mask = "00/00/0000 00:00 AA" in code,on running the application in my machine it works fine and mask in the textbox appears as [_ _/_ _ _/____ __:__ _ _ _]

But when i am running the same application in another machine, the mask appears as [_ _ _-_ _ _-____ __:__ _ _ _]

How is the / replaced by -? Is the mask machine dependent, if yes how can we avoid this problem?

>Another machine means, another system at client location. I debug through the code also, the value assigned to the mask is correct but still it shows '-' instead of '/' on UI. — user1805377, Dec 28 '12 at 04:27
I believe it's just user preferences on the target machine. However, I don't know if there is an easy way to force the mask display. — Inisheer, Dec 28 '12 at 04:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 28 '12 at 04:29

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I think it has more to do with application culture http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.maskedtextbox.mask.aspx

answered Dec 28 '12 at 04:29

Sandip Bantawa

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 28 '12 at 05:53

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This problem can be avoided by providing escape character before '/'.
e.x. maskedTextBox1.Mask = @"00\/00\/0000 00:00 AA";
This will force the system to show '/' on the screen.

edited Dec 28 '12 at 05:53

John Saunders

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answered Dec 28 '12 at 05:44

user1805377

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MaskedTextBox.Mask not working properly

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