Format property

The following table maps keywords for format definitions to property names in the component properties sheet.

This property is enabled only if you have the Use Free Form property set to True.

Keyword Component Property
DEFAULTFORMAT n/a
DECIMALPOINT Decimal Point Position
TRUNCATEDECIMAL Round
DATE | TIME | DATETIME Date Format
BLOBFORMAT Binary Data
COMMA n/a
COMMAS n/a
DECIMAL n/a
FONT Font
FORECOLOR Foreground Color
BACKCOLOR Background Color
MASK Input Mask
AUTOIME Default IME Character Set
JUSTIFY Justification

A value of the Format property is specified like this:

DEFAULTFORMAT ( keyword1 ( parameter ) [ keyword2 ( parameter ) . . . keywordn ( parameter ) ] )

The keyword DEFAULTFORMAT is optional in a Format value for a component.