Mask Characters
Here are the characters you can use to define a value mask for a field:
A |
Mandatory text character |
a |
Optional text character |
9 |
Mandatory numeral |
# |
Optional numeral |
C |
Mandatory any character – Text or number |
c |
Optional any character – Text or number |
> |
Forces the right adjoining text character to upper case |
>> |
Forces all following text characters to upper case |
< |
Forces left adjoining text character to lower case |
<< |
Forces all previous text characters to lower case |
$ |
Currency symbol – Locale-dependent |
. |
Actual character expected – Locale-dependent |
- |
Actual character expected – Locale-dependent |
, |
Separator is automatically inserted into the numeric value as the number is entered – Locale-dependent |
\ |
Treat the next character as a literal |
If one of these characters isn't specified in the mask, the mask won't be saved.