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Defining the Mask Type (Field_Mask_Type)

Setting Field_Mask_Type determines the type of mask for the field. Selecting a mask type causes two masking effects:

  1. It assigns a default mask to the field. There is a default mask for each mask type.
  2. The mask type determines which tokens are available for creating the mask string. These are summarized in Defining a Mask.

Valid Settings for Mask Type

The following table lists valid settings for Mask Type and the associated default masks:

Field_Mask_Type Setting Default Mask Notes
Mask_Window None Use this for setting up masks for ASCII fields. Same as the text mask type.
Mask_Currency_Window $,;($,) Use this to apply currency formatting to a numeric field.
Mask_Numeric_Window * Use this for numeric fields.
Mask_Date_Window None Use this for formatting Date fields.
Mask_DateTime_Window None Use this for formatting DateTime fields.

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