In angular-imask how do I get the IMask class ?

[nelson777]

Using Angular-IMask, I'm programatically updating the field that has IMask. So I'm getting the error:

"Element value was changed outside of mask. Syncronize mask using mask.updateValue() to work properly."

How can I get imask object so I can call updateValue() ? I set the component only on the template, so I don't have any object in the component I can access.

[nelson777]

To help others that may find this question:

Based on this question, on Stackoverflow:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71772195/in-angular-imask-how-do-i-get-the-imask-class

I saw that it's possible using this method:

...
@ViewChild(IMaskDirective, { static: false }) iMask: IMaskDirective<IMask.MaskedNumber>;

ngAfterViewInit(): void { //or whatever
    this.iMask.maskRef.updateValue();
}

and it worked for me.