XRSummary.FormatString Property

This property is no longer used. Use the TextFormatString instead.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
[DefaultValue("")]
public virtual string FormatString { get; set; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(False)>
<DefaultValue("")>
Public Overridable Property FormatString As String

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
String	String.Empty	A string containing a format for the output value.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to set summary options for a label at runtime. The method below creates an XRSummary object, sets its properties, and sets the XRLabel.Summary property. This example assumes that there is an already existing XRLabel object, passed as a parameter and bound to a dataset field that contains a numerical value.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
// ...
public void SetFunction(XRLabel label) {
    // Create an XRSummary object. 
    XRSummary summary = new XRSummary();

    // Set a function which should be calculated. 
    summary.Func = SummaryFunc.Avg;

    // Set a range for which the function should be calculated. 
    summary.Running = SummaryRunning.Group;

    // Set the "ingore null values" option. 
    summary.IgnoreNullValues = true;

    // Set the "treat strings as numerics" option.
    summary.TreatStringsAsNumerics = true;

    // Set the output string format. 
    summary.FormatString = "{0:c2}";

    // Make the label calculate the specified function for the 
    // value specified by its DataBindings.Text property. 
    label.Summary = summary;
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...
Public Sub SetFunction(ByVal label As XRLabel)
    ' Create an XRSummary object. 
    Dim summary As New XRSummary()

    ' Set a function which should be calculated. 
    summary.Func = SummaryFunc.Avg

    ' Set a range for which the function should be calculated. 
    summary.Running = SummaryRunning.Group

    ' Set the "ingore null values" option. 
    summary.IgnoreNullValues = True

    ' Set the "treat strings as numerics" option.
    summary.TreatStringsAsNumerics = True

    ' Set the output string format. 
    summary.FormatString = "{0:c2}"

    ' Make the label calculate the specified function for the 
    ' value specified by its DataBindings.Text property. 
    label.Summary = summary
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the FormatString property.

Note

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C#

asp-net-web-forms-grid-create-report-based-on-grid-layout/CS/WebApplication1/ReportHelper.cs#L72

label.Summary = new XRSummary() { Running = SummaryRunning.Group };
label.Summary.FormatString = item.DisplayFormat;
label.Summary.Func = GetSummaryFunc(item.SummaryType);

asp-net-mvc-grid-create-report-based-on-grid-layout/CS/E4755/Models/ReportHelperMVC.cs#L58

};
label.Summary.FormatString = item.DisplayFormat;
label.Summary.Func = GetSummaryFunc(item.SummaryType);

VB.NET

asp-net-web-forms-grid-create-report-based-on-grid-layout/VB/WebApplication1/ReportHelper.vb#L74

label.Summary = New XRSummary() With {.Running = SummaryRunning.Group}
label.Summary.FormatString = item.DisplayFormat
label.Summary.Func = GetSummaryFunc(item.SummaryType)

asp-net-mvc-grid-create-report-based-on-grid-layout/VB/E4755/Models/ReportHelperMVC.vb#L55

label.Summary = New XRSummary() With {.Running = SummaryRunning.Report}
label.Summary.FormatString = item.DisplayFormat
label.Summary.Func = GetSummaryFunc(item.SummaryType)