How can I useMaskedEditExtender for textbox that should accept address of website? thanks
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A:
Why would you use an MaskedEdit? I'd use a textbox with a RegularExpressionValidator.
MaskedEdit is good for data that has a fixed format across your data domain. For instance the SSID is always in the format 000-00-0000, a phone number (in U.S.) is (000) 000-0000, the new zip code is 00000-0000. and so forth...
Not for a wide variant of formats like an URL, which is governed by an RFC.
Paulo Santos
2009-07-05 15:06:42
Just to add to Paulo's answer. Consider two domains- www.somedomain.com, and www.somedomain.co.uk. Obviously unless you were always collecting www.{domain}.com, a MaskedEdit wouldn't work well.
RichardOD
2009-07-05 15:08:41
Agreed. Validating the control would be more appropriate than using a mask. I'm sure there's plenty of regular expressions on the 'Net that can validate an Internet URL.
Jacob
2009-07-05 17:44:39