Format Property

Identifies the data to appear in the label.

See Also

Signature

object.Format

object

LabelTemplate
The object or objects this property applies to.

Format

String
Indicates the text and table columns to be displayed in labels based on the specified LabelTemplate object. Specify columns using the following notation:

#(<column name>)

For example:

"#(Tag_Number)\P#(Manufacturer)\P#(Equipment_Description)"

Remarks

The following example specifies a label that includes the Tag_Number and Equipment_Description columns from a database table:

object.Format = "Details are as follows : \P#(Tag_Number)\P#(Equipment_Description)"

You can use the DisplayableAttributes property of the LabelTemplate object to obtain a list of table columns associated with the label template.