activex textbox vs windows forms textbox

[Lizzy]

I'm porting an MS Access application to a .NET windows forms application.
For several forms I need to use textboxes which support input masks and
whose border color I can change, neither of which seem native to .NET.



Is the addition of activex controls my only solution. So far, I've only
found Microsoft's masked edit control (V6) which supports the input mask,
but doesn't give me any control over the border color.



Does anyone know if there are any better activex textboxes out there which
fit the bill, or if there is a native dotnet solution that I'm missing and I
could implement?



Ta

 

[Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]]

Hi,

I'm afraid that even if a native solution exists, it is a 3rd-party one and
will cost you additional money. I think you can disable the maked edit's
border at all and draw one manually around the masked edit's area.