Format(Object,String,IFormatProvider) Method

When deriving a cell type based on this type, override this to change what gets passed back and formatted as a string into the cell on the sheet from the object in the data model.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Overrides Function Format( _
   ByVal value As Object, _
   ByVal FormatString As String, _
   ByVal provider As IFormatProvider _
) As String

'Usage
 
Dim instance As PercentCellType
Dim value As Object
Dim FormatString As String
Dim provider As IFormatProvider
Dim value As String
 
value = instance.Format(value, FormatString, provider)

public override string Format( 
   object value,
   string FormatString,
   IFormatProvider provider
)

Parameters

value: Object in the data model from which to get formatting information
FormatString: Format string built by the parser
provider: IFormatProvider built by parser

Return Value

String representation

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentException	Value cannot be converted to a DateTime object.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2000, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, SP6, Windows NT 4.0 Server, SP6

Reference

PercentCellType Class
PercentCellType Members
Overload List