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Browse All TopicsI have converted my project from vs 2003 to vs2005. in the vb window project I had some mask edit boxes. I am not getting the errors below. How can I resolve these. Thanks
50 'ContainingControl' is not a member of 'System.Windows.Forms.Mask
19 'OcxState' is not a member of 'System.Windows.Forms.Mask
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by: DanielWilsonPosted on 2009-10-21 at 07:17:33ID: 25624206
It sounds like you were using ActiveX / COM OCX MaskEdit boxes under VS2003. The change to 2005 is now having you use the .Net controls -- which is good.
Just go into the hidden code at those lines and remove the lines setting up those now-defunct properties. That should do it for you.