FormatString Property (GeneralCellType)

Gets or sets the format string used to format the value.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overridable Property FormatString As String

'Usage
 
Dim instance As GeneralCellType
Dim value As String
 
instance.FormatString = value
 
value = instance.FormatString

public virtual string FormatString {get; set;}

Property Value

String containing the format string

Remarks

The value of a general cell can be a string, a number, or a DateTime object.

The formats supported are the numeric formats and date-time formats in .NET framework.

Example

System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo dtf = new System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo();
dtf.LongDatePattern = "D";
dtf.ShortDatePattern = "M/d/yyyy";
FarPoint.Web.Spread.GeneralCellType g = new FarPoint.Web.Spread.GeneralCellType();
g.DateTimeFormat = dtf;
g.FormatString = dtf.ShortDatePattern
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells[0, 0].CellType = g;
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells[0, 0].Value = DateTime.Now;

Visual Basic

Dim dtf As New System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo
Dim b As Boolean
dtf.LongDatePattern = "D"
dtf.ShortDatePattern = "M/d/yyyy"
Dim g As New FarPoint.Web.Spread.GeneralCellType
g.DateTimeFormat = dtf
g.FormatString = dtf.ShortDatePattern
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells(0, 0).CellType = g
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells(0, 0).Value = DateTime.Now

Reference

GeneralCellType Class
GeneralCellType Members