Formatting.NumberFormatLocal Property

Specifies a number format for a numeric cell value based on the current (local) culture.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v25.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

Declaration

C#

string NumberFormatLocal { get; set; }

VB.NET

Property NumberFormatLocal As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	The local number format.

Remarks

The Spreadsheet uses Microsoft Excel number formats to display cell numbers as percentage, decimal, currency, accounting, and date/time values.

The NumberFormatLocal property allows you to obtain or specify a number format based on the local culture defined by the DocumentOptions.Culture property.

C#

using DevExpress.Spreadsheet;
using System;
using System.Globalization;
// ...

// Change culture for the Spreadsheet control.
spreadsheetControl1.Options.Culture = new CultureInfo("fr-FR");

// Create a cell and set its value.
CellRange cell = worksheet.Range["A1"];
cell.Value = DateTime.Now;

// Apply a date format to the cell in the invariant culture.
cell.NumberFormat = "mm-dd-yy";
// Obtain the applied date format in the French culture.
// The returned value is "jj/mm/aaaa".
string localFormat = cell.NumberFormatLocal;

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Spreadsheet
Imports System
Imports System.Globalization
' ...

' Change culture for the Spreadsheet control.
spreadsheetControl1.Options.Culture = New CultureInfo("fr-FR")

' Create a cell and set its value.
Dim cell As CellRange = worksheet.Range("A1")
cell.Value = DateTime.Now

' Apply a date format to the cell in the invariant culture.
cell.NumberFormat = "mm-dd-yy"
' Obtain the applied date format in the French culture.
' The returned value is "jj/mm/aaaa".
Dim localFormat As String = cell.NumberFormatLocal

Use the Formatting.NumberFormat option to obtain or specify a cell number format in the invariant culture.