'Declaration
 
Public Shared Function GetFormatSpecifierFromMask( _
   ByVal mask As String, _
   ByVal formatProvider As IFormatProvider _
) As String

'Usage
 
Dim mask As String
Dim formatProvider As IFormatProvider
Dim value As String
 
value = MaskedTextBox.GetFormatSpecifierFromMask(mask, formatProvider)

public static string GetFormatSpecifierFromMask( 
   string mask,
   IFormatProvider formatProvider
)

Parameters

mask

The mask from which the format specifier is to be extracted.

formatProvider

An IFormatProvider that will be used to extract the appropriate symbols for any numeric mask characters contained in the mask.

Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

MaskedTextBox Class
MaskedTextBox Members