Formatting dates, times, and other specific data in components
The default formats for date and time are those specified in the regional settings in the Windows Control Panel. Date, time, and other specific data formats can be inherited or overridden at any point in the Windows client inheritance hierarchy.
In the Windows client, if the Language field in the User Preferences window is set to , then the default formats for date and time follow the regional settings in the Windows Control Panel. In the web client, the default date and time formats are based on the Language settings of the browser.
You can override the default or regional settings by selecting a language in the User Preferences window. In the web client, you can change the Language settings of your browser. After you set the language, the date and time are formatted according to the standard notation for your chosen language.
In Ming.le, you can use the user preferences applet to override the language settings in Mongoose.
| Component property | Description |
|---|---|
| Date Format | Specify whether date and time data include the date only, the time only, or both the date and time. |
| Default IME Character Set | Set the Input
Method Editor (IME) to a specified character set.
This property is used only with components which receive input from Asian language keyboards. |
| Binary Data | Specify the file
extension of binary data.
This property is used only with components bound to a property that contains binary data. |