Format cell (Custom Properties section)

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Format cell (Custom Properties section)

       

Specifies the formatting of a custom property that is a string, a fixed list, a number, a variable list, a date or time, a duration, or a currency.

Remarks

Custom property type

Value

Format cell contents

String

0

A format picture appropriate for the data type

Fixed list

1

The items to appear in the list, separated by commas

Number

2

A format picture appropriate for the data type

Variable list

4

The items to appear in the list, separated by commas

Date or time

5

A format picture appropriate for the data type

Duration

6

A format picture appropriate for the data type

Currency

7

A format picture appropriate for the data type

As an example of specifying a format picture appropriate for the data type, the format picture "# #/4 UU" formats the number 12.43 in. as 12 2/4 INCHES. For more information about specifying a format picture, see About format pictures.

An example of specifying items for a list is "Engineering;Human Resources;Sales;Marketing".

Date values (Type = 5) are displayed in the short date format. Currency values (Type = 7) are displayed using the user's current Regional Settings for currency.

A number (Type = 2) can represent a dimension, scalar, angle, date, time, or currency. To ensure that an input number is always evaluated as a date, time, or currency, use the DATETIME or CY function in the Format cell instead of a format picture.

To reference the Format cell by name from another formula, or from a program using the Cells property, use:

Cell name:

Prop.Name.Format
where Prop.Name is the row name

To reference the Format cell by index from a program, use the CellsSRC property with the following arguments:

Section index:

visSectionProp

Row index:

visRowProp + i
where i = 0, 1, 2…

Cell index:

visCustPropsFormat