FormatMaskText is a String function used to apply an edit mask to the specified String value. FormatMaskText creates a temporary -instance of TCustomMaskEdit that is used to apply the edit mask in -AEditMask when required. The value in AEditMask is assigned to the -EditMask property in TCustomMaskEdit. +instance of TCustomMaskEdit that is used to apply the edit mask in +AEditMask when required. The value in AEditMask is assigned to the +EditMask property in TCustomMaskEdit.
The Value argument contains the data without any mask literals, escaped characters, or space characters inserted by the editing mask. When -the IsMasked method in the TCustomMaskEdit returns True, -the ApplyMaskToText method is used to generate the return value -for the routine. To maintain Delphi compatibility, the -GetTextWithoutSpaceChar is also called to translate space characters -represented using the character in the mask field to the Space character -(decimal 32). +the IsMasked method in the TCustomMaskEdit returns True, the +ApplyMaskToText method is used to generate the return value for the routine. To +maintain Delphi compatibility, the GetTextWithoutSpaceChar is also called to +translate space characters represented using the character in the mask field to +the Space character (decimal 32).
-The EnableSets argument indicates whether set notation, indicated -with '[' and ']' characters, are recognized in the edit mask. The value is +The EnableSets argument indicates whether set notation, represented +using '[' and ']' characters, are recognized in the edit mask. The value is assigned to the EnableSets property in TMaskEdit/TCustomMaskEdit. When set to False, the '[' and ']' characters used in set notation are treated as literal characters. When set to True, the optional or required set