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
 
            
			
			
            Remarks
            
            
Example
This example specifies the format string used to format the date value.
             
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FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.GeneralCellType genlcell = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.GeneralCellType();
genlcell.FormatString = "dd/MM/yyyy";
genlcell.IsDateFormat = true;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[0, 0].CellType = genlcell;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[0, 0].Value = DateTime.Now;  | 
 
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Dim genlcell As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.GeneralCellType()
genlcell.FormatString = "dd/MM/yyyy"
genlcell.IsDateFormat = True
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells(0, 0).CellType = genlcell
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells(0, 0).Value = DateTime.Now  | 
 
 
            
            
Requirements
Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
 
            
            
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