...and master of none

Oh, by the way, I have to give some credit to Notepad++ for that last post. The asp.net was HTML encoded using Notepad++ (TextFX TextFX Convert Encode HTML). I keep Notepad++ on a USB drive using PortableApps . It has lots of cool tools that are handy to keep with you or keep personal like KeyPass portable, but that's another post!

I realize you are disappointed, but the only clever title I could think of for IP Address reminded me of a stupid joke from kindergarten... Never the less. Here is a cool formula for a client-validated IP address using the AJAX Control Toolkit and asp.net. <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# DataValue %>'></asp:TextBox> <cc1:MaskedEditExtender ID="MaskedEditExtender1" runat="server" TargetControlID="TextBox1" Mask="NNNNNNNNNNNNNNN" MaskType="None" ClearMaskOnLostFocus="true" Filtered=". " PromptCharacter="" /> <cc1:MaskedEditValidator ID="MaskedEditValidator1" runat="server" ControlToValidate="TextBox1" InvalidValueMessage="IP Address required (192.168.1.1)" ControlExtender="MaskedEditExtender1" ValidationExpression="^([01]?\d\d?2[0-4]\d25[0-5])\.([01]?\d\d?2[0-4]\d25[0-5])\.([01]?\d