A Data Input Component by Softel vdm, Inc.

If you need easy to use data input with validation, SftMask/OCX has many features you can easily add to your applications:

- Date input with popup calendar
- - - Built-in popup calendar
- - - - - - user-definable first day of week
- - - - - - optional week numbers
- - - - - - user event to highlight specific dates as the calendar is displayed
- - - - - - definable minimum/maximum date
- - - Use the system's default date format or specify your own format
- - - Date value easily retrieved and set (as Date or Text value)

- Time input
- - - Use the system's default time format or specify your own format
- - - Time value easily retrieved and set (as Time or Text value)

- Autocomplete and suggest feature with complete application control
- - - Strings
- - - Files/Directories

- Insert/overtype mode

- Numeric data input (with formatting options and user-definable digits and fractions)
- - - Optional popup calculator
- - - - - - popup window allowing intermediate calculations using +, -, *, /

- Numeric (integer) data input
- - - Optional spin buttons
- - - User-defined minimum/maximum range

- Masked input with predefined place holders and user definable character ranges
- - - Input mask can mix date, time, numeric input, mask and literals
- - - No need for a prompt character (but possible) as input fields can use a font which underlines the text. Literal (constant) data is not underlined

- Windows XP Themes support

- Built-in caption, simplifies caption and edit control alignment, reduces the number of controls on a form

- OLE drag & drop support

- Optional data-bound mode using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)

- Left or right alignment

- Date/time, currency and numeric formatting functions

- Control can display user-defined text when it doesn't have the input focus

- Auto-advance to next control on the same dialog/form when data input is valid (our control actually works and doesn't get confused when the Shift key happens to be pressed)

- Tab key can optionally be used within the control to move between different fields (such as in a date or time value)

- Dual interfaces throughout for optimum performance

- UNICODE support

- ATL based control, no MFC DLLs or other DLLs required (COMCTL32.DLL may be required for popup calendar use)

- Not based on Windows Edit control class

The control can also be used as an enhanced single line edit control, as it offers the following improvements over a regular edit control:

- OLE drag & drop support with drop target display (insertion point)
- The selection can be defined by the application while retaining control over the caret location
- Optional auto-sizing of the control height based on the defined font, so text is never clipped
- User-definable colors for text background/foreground and text selection
- Built-in caption area, located on any side of the edit control

All of these features in one single control, with one single distributable file (royalty-free of course) at a mere 900 KB.