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ListControl.DataTextFormatString Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets or sets the formatting string used to control how data bound to the list control is displayed.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ DataTextFormatString { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
public virtual string DataTextFormatString { get; set; }
[System.Web.UI.Themeable(false)]
public virtual string DataTextFormatString { get; set; }
member this.DataTextFormatString : string with get, set
[<System.Web.UI.Themeable(false)>]
member this.DataTextFormatString : string with get, set
Public Overridable Property DataTextFormatString As String

Property Value

String

The formatting string for data bound to the control. The default value is Empty.

Attributes
ThemeableAttribute

Remarks

Use the DataTextFormatString property to provide a custom display format the items in a list control.

The data format string consists of two parts, separated by a colon, in the form { A : Bxx }. For example, the formatting string {0:F2} would format the cell to display a fixed point number with two decimal places.

Note

The entire string must be enclosed in braces to indicate that it is a format string and not a literal string. Any text outside the braces is displayed as literal text.

The value before the colon (A in the general example) specifies the parameter index in a zero-based list of parameters.

Note

This value can only be set to 0 because there is only one value in each cell.

The character after the colon (B in the general example) specifies the format to display the value in. The following table lists the common formats.

Format character Description
C Displays numeric values in currency format.
D Displays numeric values in decimal format.
E Displays numeric values in scientific (exponential) format.
F Displays numeric values in fixed format.
G Displays numeric values in general format.
N Displays numeric values in number format.
X Displays numeric values in hexadecimal format.

Note

The format character is not case-sensitive, except for X, which displays the hexadecimal characters in the case specified.

The value after the format character (xx in the general example) specifies the number of significant digits or decimal places to display.

The following table contains examples of formatting strings and the results. It assumes standard English settings.

Numeric Value Format String Result
12345.6789 "{0:C}" $12,345.68
-12345.6789 "{0:C}" ($12,345.68)
12345 "{0:D}" 12345
12345 "{0:D8}" 00012345
12345.6789 "{0:E}" 1234568E+004
12345.6789 "{0:E10}" 1.2345678900E+004
12345.6789 "{0:F}" 12345.68
12345.6789 "{0:F0}" 12346
12345.6789 "{0:G}" 12345.6789
123456789 "{0:G7}" 1.234568E8
12345.6789 "{0:N}" 12,345.68
123456789 "{0:N4}" 123,456,789.0000
12345.6789 "Total: {0:C}" Total: $12345.68

For more information on formatting strings, see Formatting Types.

The value of this property is stored in view state.

This property cannot be set by themes or style sheet themes. For more information, see ThemeableAttribute and ASP.NET Themes and Skins.

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