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TreeListColumn.Format Property

Gets the object that specifies the formatting applied to column values.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraTreeList.Columns

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraTreeList.v19.2.dll

Declaration

[XtraSerializableProperty(XtraSerializationVisibility.Content)]
public FormatInfo Format { get; }

Property Value

Type Description
FormatInfo

A FormatInfo object that specifies formatting settings for column values.

Remarks

Settings provided by this property allow you to specify the type of formatted values and the applied format string. You can also implement formatting of any complexity by providing a custom formatter object.

Please refer to the Formatting Cell Values topic for more information.

Example

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:

FormattedColumnCurrency1

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

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