[Criel]

Would it be possible to create a maskedtextbox format or even just a 'format' for a regular textbox based on another value?

For example:
We search a green screen or a database for a field on one of the views and return it's adjacent value. Would it be possible for me to take that value and extract all numbers/letters out of it and just be left with blank areas in the value we could use as a 'mask' for future checks so we wouldn't have to get anymore input for that field?

Let's say Balance for example, returns $35.11, I would need to extract all the numbers and have $__.__ as a mask or format for future checks. Is this possible?

[modi123_1]

Sure.. though I am not sure why that would be effective or useful, but sure.

You could easily extend a textbox into a custom user control that has a 'mask' property.. then override the '.text' to take in a value and compare it to the masked format. If they match then pass in your string sans numbers.. if not then pass in what ever the value is.

[Criel]

Would creating a custom control the easiest way to go about this if I'm only going to use the textbox once in the flow?

[modi123_1]

Sure.. though, again, I am not seeing the functionality. If you just want to see if the value changed why not have conditional logic to change the color, put a * next to the field, etc. It seems the way you presented shows LESS information.