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    FormatMaskText

    Format a text according to a given mask.

    Declaration

    Source position: maskutils.pp line 40

    function FormatMaskText(const EditMask: string; const AValue: string)
                        : string;

    Arguments

    Name Description
    EditMask Edit mask to apply.
    AValue Value to apply edit mask to.

    Function result

    The formatted text.

    Description

    FormatMaskText formats aValue according to the mask placeholders found in EditMask and returns the resulting string. It replaces space characters in the format mask with the actual space character. This function uses an TMaskUtils instance to do the actual work.

    Errors

    None.

    See also

    Name Description
    FormatMaskInput Return an input mask text based on the edit mask.
    MaskDoFormatText Return an input mask text without literals or space char.
    TMaskUtils Class to manipulate and work with edit masks.
    TMaskUtils.ApplyMaskToText
    TMaskUtils.GetTextWithoutSpaceChar