Masked Edit Control

InstallShield 2019

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Basic MSI

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Merge Module

The masked edit control is essentially an edit field control that lets end users enter information in a specified format.

When you select a masked edit control in a dialog of the Dialogs view, InstallShield displays the following settings in the right pane.

Settings for a Masked Edit Control
Setting	Description
Name	Enter a name for this masked edit control. The name must be unique among all of the controls in your project.
Base Text Style	This font style is used for the control’s label if you specify nothing for the Text Style setting.
Cancel	If this is the only control on the dialog that will dismiss the dialog, select True. Clicking the cancel control has the same effect as pressing the ESC key or clicking the Close button on the title bar. The Cancel or Finish button is usually the cancel control. This value is ignored if True is selected for the ErrorDialog setting of the dialog that contains this control.
Context Help	This setting is reserved for future use. Windows Installer does not currently support launching context-sensitive help topics from the installation.
Default	If this is the only control on the dialog that you want to be the default control, which means that it is activated when the end user presses the ENTER key, select True. The Next or OK button is usually the default control.
Enabled	Indicate whether the control is enabled. True means that this control is available (the end user can interact with it). False means that it is not available (grayed out).
Height	Specify the height of the control in Windows Installer user interface units (1/12 of the height of the system font).
Indirect Property	If the property that is associated with this control is referenced indirectly, select True; otherwise, select False. When True is selected for an indirect property is set to True, Windows Installer resolves the referenced property at run time. For example, this check box might use the property _BROWSE, whose value is INSTALLDIR. If you select True for the Indirect Property setting, the value of _BROWSE will be the current value of the INSTALLDIR property. If you select False for the Indirect Property setting, the value of _BROWSE will contain the string INSTALLDIR.
Left	Specify the distance from the left edge of the dialog to the start of the control in installer units (1/12 of the height of the system font).
Mask	Enter the formatting for the mask. To learn more, see MaskedEdit Control in the Windows Installer Help Library.
Max. Length	Specify the maximum number of characters that the end user can enter in this control.
Property	Enter the name of a property that is set with the value that an end user enters in the masked edit control. This property can be unique to this control; it does not need to be present in the Property Manager view. To set a default value for this control, make sure the property is a public property by giving it a name that contains only uppercase letters, use the Property Manager view to add the public property, and then assign to it the value of the default selection.
Right-to-Left	For English and other languages that are written from left to right, select False. For Hebrew and those languages that are read from right to left, select True.
Sunken	To give the control’s edges a recessed, three-dimensional appearance, select True. To use the default visual style for the control, select False.
Tab Index	Assign an integer that—along with the other controls on this dialog but excluding controls such as static text—specifies the order in which each control on the dialog receives focus when the end user presses the TAB key. The lowest tab index that you can use is the number 0.
Tab Stop	Indicate whether this control receives focus within the tab order. True indicates that the control receives focus; False indicates that the control does not receive focus.
Text Style	Select the font style, size, and color (if available) in which you want the control’s label to be displayed. Leaving the value as <Default> displays the font that is contained in the DefaultUIFont property.
Tooltip	Enter the text that you want to be displayed when the end user places the mouse pointer over the control. When you type a value for this setting, you are creating a string entry and setting its initial value for all of the languages that are currently in the project. As an alternative to typing a new value, you can click the ellipsis button (...) in this setting to select an existing string. For more information, see Using String Entries in InstallShield.
Top	Specify the distance from the top of the dialog to the top of the control in installer units (1/12 of the height of the system font).
Visible	True means that the control is visible, and False means that it is hidden. You can also make the control visible by editing its condition in the Behavior area for the dialog.
Width	Specify the width of the control in Windows Installer user interface units (1/12 of the height of the system font).

Masked Edit Control

InstallShield 2019 Help Library

April 2019