

\ The character that follows a \ character is a literal character.

If these two characters appear together in a mask, no case checking is done and the data is formatted with the case the user uses to enter the data. > If a > character appears in the mask, all characters that follow are in uppercase until the end of the mask or until a character is encountered. If a ! character is not present, optional characters are represented in the text as trailing blanks. These are the special characters used in the first field of the mask: Character Meaning in mask ! If a ! character appears in the mask, optional characters are represented in the text as leading blanks. The third part of the mask is the character used to represent unentered characters in the mask. The second part is the character that determines whether the literal characters of a mask are saved as part of the data. The first part of the mask is the mask itself. TEditMask = type string Description TEditMask is a string that consists of three fields with semicolons separating them. Represents the mask that validates and formats user input.
