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Standard Formatting Mechanism

Display values can be formatted using the standard formatting mechanism described in MSDN. It allows you to format values using standard format patterns. For instance, a numeric value can be represented as a currency amount, a hexadecimal value, in scientific notation, etc. A date/time value can be represented in the standard Short Date. Long Date or Full Date/Time form.

Data Cells

To format cell values using this approach, use a column editor’s EditPropertiesBase.DisplayFormatString property.

<dx:ASPxCardView ID="CardView" runat="server" DataSourceID="SalesPersonDataSource" Width="100%" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
    <Columns>
    ...
        <dx:CardViewTextColumn FieldName="UnitPrice">
            <PropertiesTextEdit DisplayFormatString="c" />
        </dx:CardViewTextColumn>
        <dx:CardViewTextColumn FieldName="Total" UnboundType="Decimal" UnboundExpression="UnitPrice * Quantity">
            <PropertiesTextEdit DisplayFormatString="c" />
        </dx:CardViewTextColumn>
    ...
    </Columns>
</dx:ASPxCardView>