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Assigning a Format Mask to a Display Item

To assign a format mask to a display item:

  1. In Object Navigator, double-click the object icon beside the desired display item.
  2. Under the General node, enter the characters of the format mask directly in the Format Mask property field.
  3. Make sure the display item's data type as specified in the Data Type property (Property Palette Data node) is compatible with the format mask.
  4. Make sure the display item's Maximum Length property is set to allow the text item to store any additional characters that will be embedded by the format mask.

    Note: The setting of NLS parameters will affect the default formats.

About display items

Creating a display item

About formatting display item values with format masks

Display item format mask symbols for NUMBER values

Display item format mask symbols for DATE values

Display item format mask symbols for CHAR values