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[ObsoleteAttribute("This method is obsolete because it has undesirable side-effects.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ObsoleteAttribute("This method is obsolete because it has undesirable side-effects.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

[ObsoleteAttribute(L"This method is obsolete because it has undesirable side-effects.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.")]
public:
String^ ToString(
	String^ format, 
	IFormatProvider^ provider
)

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

A formatted string representation of the Record.

Remarks

Win32 MSI API: MsiFormatRecord