CaptionHelper.GetDisplayText(Object) Method

Returns the value of the specified object’s default member.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Utils

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Declaration

C#

public static string GetDisplayText(
    object theObject
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Function GetDisplayText(
    theObject As Object
) As String

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
theObject	Object	An object for which a display text is generated.

Returns

Type	Description
String	A string that is the value of the default member.

Remarks

To generate a display text for an object, the value of its default member (see ITypeInfo.DefaultMember) is retrieved. This value is formatted according to the format specified by the IModelClass.ObjectCaptionFormat property of the Application Model’s BOModel | <Class> node.