Overview
The input mask you want to use to control the data the user inputs into the object. Input masks let you pre-format the user's response a bit with "guide" characters, and help prevent errors by performing keystroke validation. You can click the select button to display a list of sample input masks.
One of the sample input masks available is a telephone
number. It appears in the list as (###) ###-####.
The "#" character in the input mask is a special digit placeholder
(0-9). For every # in the input mask, the user will only be able to enter
a digit between 0 and 9. At runtime, the user will only be able to enter
10 numeric characters and will appear as a formatted telephone number
such as (204) 946-0263.
You can also include alphabetic characters in an input mask. For example,
one of the sample input masks is ?#? #?# used to represent a Canadian
postal code. The "?" character in the input mask is a special
alphabetic placeholder (a-Z). For every ? in the input mask, the user
will only be able to enter a letter from a to Z. For example, R3B 0R3
is one valid postal code that the user could enter. The mask would prevent
the user from entering two sequential alphabetic characters or numbers.
Note: Some special literal characters adapt to the user's system settings, so they may need to be forced on all systems using "\" before the character. See input mask for details.
Single character used as a placeholder for the input mask. This can be used as sample input until the user fills the input mask. For the telephone number input mask mentioned in the above example, you could include a sample digit as the placeholder such as 9. At runtime it would appear as (999) 999-9999 until the user replaced these digits with their own.
Note: This field accepts a single character only. If the Placeholder is set to '_' in the example above, at runtime it would appear as (___) ___-____. Likewise, if the placeholder is set to '?' at runtime it would appear as (???) ???-????.
The input text to return. Choose from:
Return only the text the user typed. This does not include any Input Mask characters.
Return all text displayed in the input object. This includes any text displayed by the Input Mask.