Spread for ASP.NET 11 Product Documentation
Format Method (IFormatter)


FarPoint.Web.Spread Assembly > FarPoint.Web.Spread.Renderer Namespace > IFormatter Interface : Format Method
Object to format
Formats the object as a string.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Function Format( _
   ByVal o As Object _
) As String
'Usage
 
Dim instance As IFormatter
Dim o As Object
Dim value As String
 
value = instance.Format(o)
string Format( 
   object o
)

Parameters

o
Object to format

Return Value

Formatted string to put in the cell on the sheet
Remarks
The data model for a sheet only stores the raw unformatted data. Each time the data needs to be painted, the formatter must be called to transform the data from its raw unformatted form to its displayed form. The Format method is called whenever a cell needs to render, in which case a string representation of the data is needed to draw in the cell.
See Also

Reference

IFormatter Interface
IFormatter Members