Prompt characters in a MaskedTextBox

[Flyte]

The MaskedTextBox only allows a single prompt character to be
displayed upon user input. I need the ability to display different
prompt characters for certain character positions. How can I do this?
Also, due to the nature of the text being inputted, I suspect that I
will need to use a regex to validate this properly. So I'm assuming
because of these two limitations, that the MaskedTextBox isn't the way
to go.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can go about this? Use a
regular text box and validate against a reg expression? But how do I
handle displaying the custom prompt characters?

 

[Mr. Arnold]

The MaskedTextBox only allows a single prompt character to be
displayed upon user input. I need the ability to display different
prompt characters for certain character positions. How can I do this?
Also, due to the nature of the text being inputted, I suspect that I
will need to use a regex to validate this properly. So I'm assuming
because of these two limitations, that the MaskedTextBox isn't the way
to go.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can go about this? Use a
regular text box and validate against a reg expression? But how do I
handle displaying the custom prompt characters?

You could like at a RichTextbox control. It has a lot of features that can
be used.