Re: formating text in a textbox control?

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From: Curt_C [MVP] (software_AT_darkfalz.com)
Date: 12/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:47:21 -0600

Do a null check around it.

if(drMain.Item("EstimatedDeliveryDate") != null)
{
txtETA.Text = drMain.Item("EstimatedDeliveryDate").ToShortDateString() ;
}
else
{
txtETA.Text = "";
} 

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"djc" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message 
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> Is there a property or method of the textbox web server control that I can
> use to format the text in it a certian way. For example I am displaying a
> date value from a database in a text box. It displays like so: mm/dd/yyyy
> mm:hh:ss. I 'was' using the .ToShortDateString() function like so:
> txtETA.Text = drMain.Item("EstimatedDeliveryDate").ToShortDateString() 
> which
> worked great until I came across a database record with NULL for this 
> field.
> It seems the best thing to do would be to have something attatched to the
> textbox control itself that would control formating of it's own contents.
> That way I would not need to add a NULL check before using the
> .ToShortDateString() function.
>
> any input would be appreciated. Thanks!
>
>

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