To reproduce: add a RadMaskedEditBox and use the following code: Sub New() InitializeComponent() Me.RadMaskedEditBox1.MaskType = Telerik.WinControls.UI.MaskType.Numeric Me.RadMaskedEditBox1.Mask = "N1" Dim item As Item = New Item(Nothing, "Item1") RadMaskedEditBox1.DataBindings.Add("Value", item, "StockTypeId", True, DataSourceUpdateMode.OnPropertyChanged) End Sub Public Class Item Private _stockId As Nullable(Of Integer) Public Sub New(value As Nullable(Of Integer), name As String) Me._stockId = value End Sub Public Property StockTypeId() As Nullable(Of Integer) Get Return _stockId End Get Set(ByVal value As Nullable(Of Integer)) _stockId = value Console.WriteLine(value) End Set End Property End Class The user is not allowed to enter a new numeric value. Wokraround: Public Class CustomNumericCharacterTextBoxProvider Inherits NumericCharacterTextBoxProvider Private owner As RadMaskedEditBoxElement Public Sub New(mask As String, culture As CultureInfo, numericType As NumericCharacterTextBoxProvider.RadNumericMaskFormatType, _ owner As RadMaskedEditBoxElement) MyBase.New(mask, culture, numericType, owner) Me.owner = owner End Sub Protected Overrides Function AllowAppendCharacters() As Boolean If owner.Text = "" AndAlso owner.Mask = "N1" Then Return True End If Return MyBase.AllowAppendCharacters() End Function End Class Public Class CustomMaskedEditBox Inherits RadMaskedEditBox Public Overrides Property ThemeClassName As String Get Return GetType(RadMaskedEditBox).FullName End Get Set(value As String) MyBase.ThemeClassName = value End Set End Property Public Sub New() MyBase.New() Me.MaskType = Telerik.WinControls.UI.MaskType.Numeric Me.Mask = "N1" Dim numericMaskProvider As NumericMaskTextBoxProvider = Me.MaskedEditBoxElement.Provider Dim fi As FieldInfo = GetType(NumericMaskTextBoxProvider).GetField("provider", BindingFlags.Instance Or BindingFlags.NonPublic) fi.SetValue(numericMaskProvider, _ New CustomNumericCharacterTextBoxProvider(numericMaskProvider.Mask, numericMaskProvider.Culture, _ NumericMaskTextBoxProvider.GetFormat(numericMaskProvider.Mask, numericMaskProvider.Culture), _ Me.MaskedEditBoxElement)) End Sub End Class