I can't seem to get this converter to work 100%. It doesn't appear to support all of the mask options and the documentation simply points to the MaskedTextProvider Class.

For example if I set the mask (ConverterParameter) to "999,990.00" and the value is "10.99" what's displayed is "000,010.99". If the value is null I get "   ,   ." What I want is "10.99". I've tried "0.00" but if the value exceeds 9.99 the value is treated like a null.  Here are the relvent code snippets:

xmlns:DataGrid="clr-namespace:Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid;assembly=Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid"

xmlns:DataGrid2="http://schemas.xceed.com/wpf/xaml/datagrid"

 

 

<DataGrid2:ValueToMaskedTextConverter x:Key="maskedTextConverter" />

<DataTemplate x:Key="numericUnitsCellTemplate">

<TextBlock>

<TextBlock.Text>

<Binding Converter="{StaticResource maskedTextConverter}"

ConverterParameter="999,990.00" />

</TextBlock.Text>

</TextBlock>

</DataTemplate>

 

<DataGrid2:Column MinWidth="60"

Width="10*"

FieldName="QuantityOrdered"

Title="Ordered Quantity"

DataGrid:DataGridColumnAlignment.ColumnAlignment="Right"

TitleTemplate="{StaticResource titleTemplate}"

CellContentTemplate="{StaticResource numericUnitsCellTemplate}" />

I think maybe what you're looking for is

###,##0.00

As per http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.maskedtextbox.mask%28v=VS.80%29.aspx:

Masking element "#" -  Digit or space, optional. If this position is blank in the mask, it will be rendered as a space in the Text property. Plus (+) and minus (-) signs are allowed.

While "9" is also a "Digit or space, optional", it says nothing about it being rendered as a space if blank, which leads me to believe that it is rendered as a 0 if blank.

 

If you want the user to be able to type in a number with no decimals then you should use

###,##0.99

Based on the above interpretation of the masking element descriptions, this means that the user doesn't HAVE to type anything after the decimal, but in the text rendered, they will still see the "_.00" decimal places.

Give it a shot anyhow.

 

Also, I could be getting this completely wrong, so I would also attempt the following variations if that doesn't work:

###,##0.00
999,999.00
###,###.00
###,###.##
999,999.99

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Alain

Thanks for the reply. Sorry I should have mentioned all of the options I tried. ###,##0.00 results in 000,010.99.

Test = Results

0.00       =     ,   .    (if value is < 10 result is 9.99)
###,##0.00 =  000,010.99
999,999.00 =  000,010.99
###,###.00 =  000,010.99
###,###.## =  000,010.99
999,999.99 =  000,010.99

I know it looks like it's not using my mask from the ConverterParameter but if I drop the comma it also drops from the display. It's as if all of the positions are never treated as optional regardless of the symbology used.

Can someone from Xceed confirm this is the intended behavior? If so is there an alternate mask that will give me what I'm looking for?

I'm using version 3.2 of the DataGrid.

Thanks!

So I guess the answer is that this converter is broken and no one is going to fix it. Thanks.

And the solution is not to use the converter and use the StringFormat binding attribute instead. Xceed: you might want to update your documentation for the converter and indicate it's broken, deprecated, and to use StringFormat instead. Thanks for the dead-end.

<sys:String x:Key="numericUnitsFormat">{0:n}</sys:String>

<sys:String x:Key="currencyValueFormat">{0:c}</sys:String>

<DataTemplate x:Key="currencyCellTemplate">

<TextBlock Text="{Binding StringFormat={StaticResource numericUnitsFormat}}" />

</DataTemplate>

<DataTemplate x:Key="numericUnitsCellTemplate">

<TextBlock Text="{Binding StringFormat={StaticResource currencyValueFormat}}" />

</DataTemplate>

Hi Ken,

We apologize for not posting a reply sooner. However, the StringFormat on the CellContentTemplate would have been our suggestion as well.

As for your comments in regards to the documentation, I sent your feedback to the appropriate team and they will take a look at that page and update it as needed.

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Diane Lafontaine
Technical Support
Xceed Software Inc.