Dateformatseparator, Dateformatseparatorsource – Echelon OpenLNS User Manual

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Data Type

Integer.

Read/Write

Read only.

Added to API

Depends on the object used to access the property. Generally,

this property exists for an object as soon as the object is

added to the API.

DateFormatSeparator

Summary

Determines which symbol is used to separate the digits that

represent months, days and years when the formatted value

is displayed as a date

.

For example, if this property is set to the backslash (/)

character, dates would be displayed as follows: 11/26/1977,

8/13/83, etc. You can determine the format and order used to

display the month, day and year digits with the

ShortDateFormat property. This applies to format

specifications containing the date() macro in their text

format specification, such as SNVT_data_cal#LO:
text(date(year, month, day))

You can use the DateFormatSeparatorSource property to

determine how the DataFormatSeparator property should be

filled in.

Availability

Local, full, and lightweight clients.

Syntax

formatLocale.DateFormatSeparator = character

Element

Description

formatLocale

The FormatLocale object being acted

upon.

character

The symbol chosen to to separate

digits representing months, days and

years when a formatted value is

displayed as a date. You can choose

any printable ASCII character.

Data Type

String.

Read/Write

Read/write.

Added to API

LNS Release 3.20.

DateFormatSeparatorSource

Summary

Determines whether OpenLNS should assign the

DataFormatSeparator

property a value automatically based

on the Windows control panel Regional Options settings.

Availability

Local, full, lightweight, and independent clients.

Syntax

formatLocale.

DateFormatSeparatorSource

= source

Element

Description

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