GetItemString returning NULL on a column that uses an editmask???

[kaul125]

I have an external datasource window with one of the columns defined as a string with a length of 11. I'm also using an edit style of editmask - ###-##-####.

When I do a getitemstring on this column it always returns a null. However if I change the style to just 'edit', getitemstring returns the value I typed in the column.

Why does the getitemstring() return a null value when I use the style of editmask?

Keith

 

[shiongss]

Hi,

Try getitemnumber() or using dot notation.