TCustomMaskEdit Members Protected Methods

Protected Methods

	Name	Description
	_AddRef	Called when an application uses a component interface.
	_Release	Called when an application releases a component interface.
	ActionChange	Responds when the action associated with the control changes.
	ActionChange	Updates the control to reflect changes in its associated action.
	AddBiDiModeExStyle	Sets control's window style according to its bi-directional support.
	AdjustClientRect	Provides the interface that adjusts the ClientRect property for idiosyncrasies of the window.
	AdjustSize	Sets the size of the control as determined by the AutoSize property.
	AdjustSize	Adjusts the control's size according to its contents and constraints.
	AlignControls	Aligns any controls for which the control is the parent within a specified area of the control.
	ArrangeControl	This is ArrangeControl, a member of class TWinControl.
	AssignTo	Copies the properties of an object to a destination object.
	AssignTo	Overrides the inherited AssignTo function to enable assignments to TAction objects.
	AssignTo	Copies the properties of the windowed control to another object.
	BeginAutoDrag	Begin Automatic Drag.
	CalcCursorPos	This is CalcCursorPos, a member of class TControl.
	CanAutoSize	Indicates whether the control can resize itself automatically to accommodate its contents.
	CanAutoSize	Indicates how the control can be resized.
	CanResize	OnCanResize event dispatcher.
	CanResize	Indicates how the control can respond to a resize attempt.
	Change	Generates an OnChange event.
	Changed	Sends a CM_CHANGED message to the control.
	ChangeName	Sets the private, internal storage for the Name property to the string passed in NewName.
	ChangeScale	Rescaling event dispatcher.
	ChangeScale	Resize and reposition children and self.
	CheckCursor	Moves the cursor to the closest editable character and selects it if nothing is currently selected.
	Click	Respond to user click.
	ConstrainedResize	Notify control of resize with constraints.
	ConstrainedResize	Generates an OnConstrainedResize event.
	ControlsAligned	This is ControlsAligned, a member of class TWinControl.
	CreateDockManager	Creates the dock manager for the control.
	CreateHandle	Creates underlying screen object.
	CreateParams	Initializes a window-creation parameter data structure.
	CreateParams	Initializes a window-creation parameter record passed in the Params parameter.
	CreateSubClass	Creates a windowed control derived from an existing Windows window class.
	CreateWindowHandle	Creates a Windows control to represent the control.
	CreateWindowHandle	Creates a Windows control to represent the control.
	CreateWnd	Creates the underlying window.
	CreateWnd	Creates a Windows control corresponding to the edit control.
	CustomAlignInsertBefore	Returns placement order of custom-aligned child control.
	CustomAlignPosition	Returns aligned position of custom-aligned child control.
	DblClick	OnDblClick event dispatcher.
	DefaultDockImage	Handles the painting and erasing of a dock image.
	DefineProperties	Designates methods for storing an object's unpublished data on a stream such as a form file.
	DefineProperties	Provides an interface for a method that reads and writes otherwise unpublished data.
	DefineProperties	Provides methods to read and write the IsControl property to a stream such as a form file.
	DefineProperties	Provides methods to read and write the IsControl property to a stream such as a form file.
	DesignWndProc	This is DesignWndProc, a member of class TControl.
	DestroyHandle	Destroys the control's window without destroying the control.
	DestroyWindowHandle	Destroys the window created in the CreateWindowHandle method.
	DestroyWnd	Destroys the control's window.
	DestroyWnd	Destroys the Windows control that corresponds to the edit control.
	DoAddDockClient	Performs actions when a control is docked to the windowed control.
	DockOver	Responds when a docking client is dragged over the windowed control.
	DockReplaceDockClient	This is DockReplaceDockClient, a member of class TWinControl.
	DockTrackNoTarget	Handles dragging of the control over an invalid docking target.
	DoContextPopup	OnContextPopup event dispatcher.
	DoDock	Docking event dispatcher.
	DoDockOver	Generates an OnDockOver event.
	DoEndDock	OnEndDock event dispatcher.
	DoEndDrag	OnEndDrag event dispatcher.
	DoEnter	Respond to receiving input focus.
	DoExit	Respond to losing input focus
	DoFlipChildren	Flips the control's children.
	DoKeyDown	Performs some preprocessing before generating an OnKeyDown event.
	DoKeyPress	Performs some preprocessing before generating an OnKeyPress event.
	DoKeyUp	Performs some preprocessing before generating an OnKeyUp event.
	DoMouseWheel	Processes mouse wheel motion.
	DoMouseWheelDown	OnMouseWheelDown event dispatcher.
	DoMouseWheelUp	OnMouseWheelUp event dispatcher.
	DoRemoveDockClient	Responds when a control is undocked from the windowed control.
	DoSetMaxLength	Sets the MaxLength property.
	DoStartDock	OnStartDock event dispatcher.
	DoStartDrag	OnStartDrag event dispatcher.
	DoUnDock	Undocks a control that is currently docked to the windowed control.
	DragCanceled	Provides the interface for a method that responds to the cancellation of a drag.
	DragOver	OnDragOver event dispatcher.
	DrawDragDockImage	Draws the dock image for the control.
	EditCanModify	Permits the user to edit control contents.
	EraseDragDockImage	Erases the dock image for the control.
	FindNextControl	Returns the control's next child in the tab order after the specified control.
	FixupTabList	Sorts the child controls by their tab order.
	GetAction	This is GetAction, a member of class TControl.
	GetActionLinkClass	Returns the appropriate action link class that is associated with the control class.
	GetActionLinkClass	Returns the associated action link class.
	GetChildOwner	Returns the owner of a child component being read from a stream.
	GetChildParent	Returns the parent, or if there is no parent, returns the owner of a child component being read from a stream.
	GetChildren	This is GetChildren, a member of class TComponent.
	GetChildren	Calls a specified method for each child of the control.
	GetClientOrigin	Returns the screen coordinates of the top-left corner of the control's client area.
	GetClientOrigin	Returns the value of the ClientOrigin property.
	GetClientRect	Returns a rectangle defining the client area of the control.
	GetClientRect	Returns the value of the ClientRect property.
	GetControlExtents	Returns the smallest rectangle in which all the control's children fit.
	GetDeviceContext	Returns a device context for the control.
	GetDeviceContext	Provides access to a device context for the control.
	GetDockEdge	Returns the edge on which another control should be docked when it is dragged over the control.
	GetDragImages	Returns the control's image list containing the image to be displayed while dragging.
	GetEnabled	Returns the value of the Enabled property.
	GetFirstEditChar	Returns the index in the EditMask of the first nonliteral character.
	GetFloating	Returns the value of the Floating property.
	GetFloatingDockSiteClass	Returns the class used for the control when it is floating.
	GetIDsOfNames	Maps a single member and an optional set of argument names to a corresponding set of integer dispatch identifiers (dispIDs).
	GetLastEditChar	Returns the index in the EditMask of the last nonliteral character.
	GetMaxChars	Returns the length of the EditText.
	GetNextEditChar	Returns the first index of a nonliteral character equal to or greater than an offset.
	GetOwner	Returns the owner of a component.
	GetOwner	Returns the owner of an object.
	GetPalette	Returns the handle to a palette for use by the control.
	GetParentHandle	Returns the window handle for the window of the control's parent.
	GetPopupMenu	Returns the pop-up menu associated with the control.
	GetPriorEditChar	Returns the first index of a nonliteral character equal to or less than an offset.
	GetSel	Returns the endpoints of the current selection in the EditText.
	GetSelLength	Returns the SelLength property.
	GetSelStart	Returns the SelStart property.
	GetSelText	Returns the SelText property.
	GetSiteInfo	Generates an OnGetSiteInfo event
	GetTopParentHandle	Returns the window handle of the first window not associated with a VCL control that contains the windowed control.
	GetTypeInfo	Retrieves the type information for an object.
	GetTypeInfoCount	Returns the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1).
	InvalidateDockHostSite	This is InvalidateDockHostSite, a member of class TWinControl.
	Invoke	Provides access to Automation properties and methods when the component wraps an Automation object.
	IsControlActivateMsg	This is IsControlActivateMsg, a member of class TWinControl.
	IsControlMouseMsg	Indicates whether a specified mouse message is directed to one of the windowed control's child controls.
	IsQualifyingSite	This is IsQualifyingSite, a member of class TWinControl.
	KeyDown	Supplements the inherited KeyDown to process navigation keys and the Delete key.
	KeyPress	Supplements the inherited method to process the Esc and Enter keys.
	KeyUp	Key up event dispatcher.
	Loaded	Initializes the component after the form file has been read into memory.
	Loaded	Initializes the control after it is loaded from a stream.
	MainWndProc	Receives Windows messages for the control.
	MouseActivate	This is MouseActivate, a member of class TControl.
	MouseDown	OnMouseDown event dispatcher.
	MouseMove	Respond to mouse moving over control area..
	MouseUp	OnMouseUp event dispatcher.
	Notification	Forwards notification messages to all owned components.
	Notification	Responds to notifications that components are being created or destroyed.
	Notification	Responds to notifications that components are being created or destroyed.
	NotifyControls	Sends a message to all the child controls.
	PaintControls	Paints each of the child controls in a windowed control using the specified device context.
	PaintHandler	Responds to WM_PAINT messages.
	PaintWindow	Renders the image of a windowed control.
	PaletteChanged	Responds to changes in the system's palette by realizing the control's palette.
	PaletteChanged	Responds to changes in the system's palette by realizing the control's palette and the palette for each child control.
	PaletteCreated	Responds when the component is created from the component palette.
	PositionDockRect	Positions the docking rectangle according to the current drag-and-dock state.
	QueryInterface	Returns a reference to a specified interface if the object supports that interface.
	ReadState	This is ReadState, a member of class TComponent.
	ReadState	Prepares the control for having its properties assigned values read from a stream.
	ReadState	Prepares the control for having its properties assigned values from a stream.
	RecreateWnd	Recreate underlying Windows screen object.
	ReformatText	Applies the mask NewMask to the underlying text, and updates the internal representation of the mask.
	ReloadDockedControl	Reloads a docked control.
	RemoveWindowProps	This is RemoveWindowProps, a member of class TWinControl.
	RequestAlign	Instructs the parent of a control to reposition the control, enforcing its Align property.
	Reset	Returns the EditText to its value at the time when the edit control last lost focus.
	ResetIme	Restores the input method editor (IME) that was active when the application started.
	ResetImeComposition	Directs the composition window of the input method editor (IME) to perform a specific action.
	Resize	Respond to control resize.
	ScaleConstraints	This is ScaleConstraints, a member of class TControl.
	ScaleControls	Rescale child controls only.
	SelectFirst	Locates first selectable child control.
	SelectNext	Moves the input focus from the current child control to the next one in the tab order.
	SendCancelMode	Cancels the modal state of the control.
	SendDockNotification	Sends a Windows message to the control's host dock site.
	SetAncestor	This is SetAncestor, a member of class TComponent.
	SetAutoSize	This is SetAutoSize, a member of class TControl.
	SetAutoSize	Sets the AutoSize property.
	SetBiDiMode	Sets the control's bi-directional mode.
	SetChildOrder	This is SetChildOrder, a member of class TComponent.
	SetChildOrder	Changes the order in which the child component appears in the list of child components returned by the GetChildren method.
	SetCursor	Moves the cursor to the first editable character at or before Pos, and selects that character.
	SetDesigning	Ensures that components inserted at design time have their design-mode flag set.
	SetDesignInstance	Ensures that components inserted at design time have their design-mode flag set.
	SetDragMode	Sets the drag mode for the control.
	SetEnabled	Sets the value of the Enabled property.
	SetIme	Activates an input method editor (IME) using the values specified by the ImeMode and ImeName properties.
	SetImeCompositionWindow	Sets the position and font of the composition window.
	SetInline	Sets the csInline bit of the component's ComponentState property
	SetName	Sets the value of the Name property.
	SetName	Sets the name of the control.
	SetParent	Sets the parent of the control.
	SetParent	Sets the parent of the control.
	SetParentBackground	This is SetParentBackground, a member of class TWinControl.
	SetParentBiDiMode	Specifies whether the control uses its parent's BiDiMode.
	SetParentComponent	This is SetParentComponent, a member of class TComponent.
	SetParentComponent	Sets the parent for the control.
	SetSel	Selects character range.
	SetSelLength	Sets the SelLength property.
	SetSelStart	Sets the SelStart property.
	SetZOrder	Repositions the control in its parent's control list, thereby changing position onscreen.
	SetZOrder	Moves the control to the top or bottom of the parent control's (or screen's) list of TWinControl controls.
	ShowControl	Ensures that a specified child control is visible.
	UpdateBounds	This is UpdateBounds, a member of class TWinControl.
	UpdateBoundsRect	Changes the Top, Left, Width, and Height properties of the control, but doesn't update its screen image and bypasses all resize events.
	UpdateControlOriginalParentSize	This is UpdateControlOriginalParentSize, a member of class TWinControl.
	Updated	Clears the csUpdating state in the component's ComponentState property when the component finishes updating.
	UpdateExplicitBounds	This is UpdateExplicitBounds, a member of class TControl.
	UpdateRecreatingFlag	This is UpdateRecreatingFlag, a member of class TWinControl.
	UpdateRegistry	Provides the interface for a method that adds type library and version information to the Registry on components that implement COM interfaces.
	UpdateUIState	Updates form User Interface State as needed
	Updating	Sets the csUpdating state in the component's ComponentState property.
	Validate	Validates a specified string against the current mask.
	ValidateContainer	Determines whether an object can be inserted into a container.
	ValidateError	Beeps and raises an EDBEditError exception.
	ValidateInsert	Provides the interface for a method that validates an child component before it is inserted.
	ValidateRename	Ensures that renaming an owned component does not create name conflict.
	VisibleChanging	Provides the interface for a method that responds to changes in the control's visibility.
	WndProc	Provides specific message responses for the control.
	WndProc	Provides specific message responses for the control.
	WriteState	This is WriteState, a member of class TComponent.