ToString Method (format, provider)

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Deployment Tools Foundation ToString Method (format, provider)

Gets a formatted string representation of the Record, optionally using a Session to format properties.

Declaration Syntax

Visual Basic

Visual C++

[ObsoleteAttribute("This method is obsolete because it has undesirable side-effects. As an alternative, set the FormatString property separately before calling the ToString() override that takes just a format provider.")]
public string ToString(
	string format,
	IFormatProvider provider
)

<ObsoleteAttribute("This method is obsolete because it has undesirable side-effects. As an alternative, set the FormatString property separately before calling the ToString() override that takes just a format provider.")>
Public Function ToString ( 
	format As String,
	provider As IFormatProvider
) As String

public:
[ObsoleteAttribute(L"This method is obsolete because it has undesirable side-effects. As an alternative, set the FormatString property separately before calling the ToString() override that takes just a format provider.")]
String^ ToString(
	String^ format, 
	IFormatProvider^ provider
)

[<ObsoleteAttribute("This method is obsolete because it has undesirable side-effects. As an alternative, set the FormatString property separately before calling the ToString() override that takes just a format provider.")>]
member ToString : 
        format : string * 
        provider : IFormatProvider -> string

Parameters

format (String): String to be used to format the data in the Record, instead of the Record's format string.

provider (IFormatProvider): an optional Session instance that will be used to lookup any properties in the Record's format string

Return Value

String
A formatted string representation of the Record.

Remarks

Win32 MSI API: MsiFormatRecord