PdfAcroFormValueFormat.CreateSpecialFormat(String) Method

Creates a special format for the form field values.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Core

Declaration

C#

public static PdfAcroFormValueFormat CreateSpecialFormat(
    string formatMask
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Function CreateSpecialFormat(
    formatMask As String
) As PdfAcroFormValueFormat

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
formatMask	String	Specifies what characters can be inserted and how they are displayed.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfAcroFormValueFormat	An object that contains the special format.

Remarks

Call this CreateSpecialFormat method overload to specify which types of characters the user can enter, and how the data is displayed in the field. You can use one of the following codes:

• A - accepts only letters (A–Z, a–z).
• X - accepts spaces and most printable characters, including all characters available on a standard keyboard and ANSI characters in the ranges of 32–126 and 128–255.
• O (letter) - accepts alphanumeric characters (A–Z, a–z, and 0–9).
• 9 - Accepts only numeric characters (0–9).

For example, a AAA-p#999 format mask accepts the BDF-p#367 input. A OOOOO@XXX format mask accepts the vad12@3Up input.