How to reference the Access' Masked Edit control from another appl

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Richard

Hi,

I'm a software developer (Access, .NET, MFC, anything). One of the most
useful controls I've ever found in Microsoft products is the masked textbox
that comes standard with MS Access, the one that allows to create masks for
SSN, numeric values, dates, etc.
I wonder why Microsoft doesn't provide such a useful control in any of its
software development tools--what ever happened to reusability?--For example,
the .NET TextBox or MaskedEdit don't even come close to the Access control.
And if you're working an ASP application forget about it!

Where does this Access control resides? In a DLL? What's the DLL name? Can
it be instantiated (used) from an application written by a developer (like
me)?

Thanks in advance,

Richard
 
It's the standard text box in Access: the only text box Access has!

I'd be surprised if it was possible to instantiate it from outside of
Access.
 
That's too bad, b/c its functionality is great. Something like that control
should be reusable. ;)
 
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