How to: Format a Column's Numeric Values as Currency

• Aug 01, 2019

The following example shows how to use the standard format specifiers in a column that displays numeric values. The column’s format string is set to “c2”. This indicates that a value will be formatted as a currency amount with two digits to the right of the decimal point.

The following image shows the result:

For information on format specifiers, refer to the Format Specifiers topic.

C#

treeList1.Columns["Currency"].Format.FormatType = DevExpress.Utils.FormatType.Numeric;
treeList1.Columns["Currency"].Format.FormatString = "c2";

VB.NET

treeList1.Columns("Currency").Format.FormatType = DevExpress.Utils.FormatType.Numeric
treeList1.Columns("Currency").Format.FormatString = "c2"