Get Mask property of RadMaskedTextBox in Javascript

[John]

Is this possible?  I've been trying to a few hours to figure it out, but can't find a way.

[Shinu]

Hi Mike,

You can get the Mask value of RadMaskedTextBox from client-side using _initialMasks method which returns an array of mask elements.

JavaScript:

<script type="text/javascript">
function mask()
{
    var Input = $find("<%= RadMaskedTextBox1.ClientID %>");
    var mask = Input._initialMasks; // returns array of mask elements
}
</script>

You can also checkout the following forums link which discusses how to set the Mask property from client side.
Setting Mask with Javascript

-Shinu.

[John]

Great, that was the answer.  In case anybody needs this, I created a javascript function that is a more user-friendly implementation of MaxLength in a RadMaskedTextBox.  I did not like how extra characters showed for a second and then disappeared.

	function RadMaskedTextBoxKeyPress(sender, args) {
	var maskLength = sender._initialMasks.length;
	var valueLength = sender.get_valueWithLiterals().length;
	if (valueLength == maskLength) {
	args.set_cancel(true);
	}
	}