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About Formatting Display Item Values with Format Masks

You can format single-line display items with format masks. When a format mask is assigned to a display item, any value fetched or assigned to the item is displayed in the format specified by the mask.

The following example shows how a format mask affects a NUMBER value:

Format Mask

Fetched Value

Displayed Value

$9,999,999.99

3246000

$3,246,000.00

Format Masks and Data Types

A format mask can be applied to display items with the following data types:

The format mask must be compatible with the data type of the display item.


About display items

Creating a display item

Assigning a format mask to a display item

Display item format mask symbols for NUMBER values

Display item format mask symbols for DATE values

Display item format mask symbols for CHAR values