Gets or sets the format string used to format the value.
            
            
            
Syntax
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Public Overridable Property FormatString As String  | 
 
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Dim instance As GeneralCellType
Dim value As String
 
instance.FormatString = value
 
value = instance.FormatString  | 
 
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public virtual string FormatString {get; set;} | 
 
            
            
            Property Value
String containing the format string
 
            
			
			
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Example
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System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo dtf = new System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo();
dtf.LongDatePattern = "D";
dtf.ShortDatePattern = "M/d/yyyy";
FarPoint.Web.Spread.GeneralCellType g = new FarPoint.Web.Spread.GeneralCellType();
g.DateTimeFormat = dtf;
g.FormatString = dtf.ShortDatePattern
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells[0, 0].CellType = g;
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells[0, 0].Value = DateTime.Now;
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Dim dtf As New System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo
Dim b As Boolean
dtf.LongDatePattern = "D"
dtf.ShortDatePattern = "M/d/yyyy"
Dim g As New FarPoint.Web.Spread.GeneralCellType
g.DateTimeFormat = dtf
g.FormatString = dtf.ShortDatePattern
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells(0, 0).CellType = g
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells(0, 0).Value = DateTime.Now  | 
 
 
            
            
Requirements
Target Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 family
 
            
            
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