Custome input format in textbox in C#

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Hi Everyone
How can i Make a textbox that accepts at first 4 letters and after that 7 digits otherwise give the user an error

i have no idea what to do please put me on the right direction

What I have tried:

i tried to use masked textbox but it didn't work

if (!System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.IsMatch(e.KeyChar.ToString(), "\\d+"))
e.Handled = true;

Posted 2-Jan-18 22:57pm

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Updated 2-Jan-18 23:38pm

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Samuel Corpuz 3-Jan-18 20:01pm

Use ^[a-zA-Z]{4}\d{7}$ this. to Maximize the Shorter code

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Member 13077860 · Answer 1 · 2018-01-06T22:31:00

Solution 3

if (txtContainerNo.TextLength < 4)
         {
             e.Handled = !(char.IsUpper(e.KeyChar) || e.KeyChar == (char)Keys.Back);


         }

         else
         {
             e.Handled = !(char.IsDigit(e.KeyChar) || e.KeyChar == (char)Keys.Back);
         }

Posted 6-Jan-18 22:31pm

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Member 13077860 · Answer 2 · 2018-01-03T00:05:00

if ((e.KeyCode >= Keys.A && e.KeyCode <= Keys.Z) || (e.KeyCode >= Keys.D0 && e.KeyCode <= Keys.D9))
       {
           charCount++;
       }


       else if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Back)
       {
           charCount--;
       }

       else
       {

       }




       if (charCount <= 4)
       {
           if (e.KeyCode >= Keys.A && e.KeyCode <= Keys.Z && e.Shift && e.KeyCode == Keys.Back)
           {



           }
           else
           {
               e.SuppressKeyPress = true;
           }

       }


       else if (charCount > 4)
       {
           if (!(e.KeyCode >= Keys.A && e.KeyCode <= Keys.Z && e.KeyCode != Keys.Back))
           {



           }
           else
           {
               e.SuppressKeyPress = true;
           }

OriginalGriff · Answer 3 · 2018-01-02T23:36:00

Solution 1

Your regex only works for digits, and doesn't care how many there are ,provided there is at least one somewhere in the string.
Try this:

^[a-zA-Z]{4}\d{7}$

Posted 2-Jan-18 23:36pm

OriginalGriff

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Member 13077860 3-Jan-18 9:27am

Finally i found the solution

if (txtContainerNo.TextLength < 4)
{
e.Handled = !(char.IsUpper(e.KeyChar) || e.KeyChar == (char)Keys.Back);

}

else
{
e.Handled = !(char.IsDigit(e.KeyChar) || e.KeyChar == (char)Keys.Back);
}

OriginalGriff 3-Jan-18 10:01am

So... I type "ABCD", the use the mouse to click in the middle and type "1234567" you will allow "AB1234567CD" through?

Don't do "while you type" validation: it only confuses the user. Use the regex I gave you in the Validating event.