add Format after component creation

[Tim McGuire]

If I have an existing JFormattedTextField, how would I apply a new Format to it?

if I am creating a new one, I can say:
txtZipCode = new JFormattedTextField(new MaskFormatter("#####"));

but if txtZipCode already exists,

is there no method to set the format?
txtZipCode.setFormat(new MaskFormatter("#####"));

[Aaron Roberts]

Have you looked at the API where it talks about getting/setting the AbstractFormatter? It appears your answer may lie there.

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/javax/swing/JFormattedTextField.html

HTH,
Aaron R>