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Unit.ToString Method (IFormatProvider)

.NET Framework 4.5

Converts a Unit to a string equivalent using the specified format provider.

Namespace: System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public string ToString(
	IFormatProvider formatProvider
)

Parameters

formatProvider: Type: System.IFormatProvider
An IFormatProvider interface implementation that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

Return Value

Type: System.String
A System.String representing this Unit in the format specified by formatProvider.

Remarks

The ToString method returns a string representation formatted with a unit Value and an abbreviation representing the unit Type. The following table lists UnitType values and their corresponding abbreviation.

Unit type	Abbreviation
Pixel	px
Point	pt
Pica	pc
Inch	in
Mm	mm
Cm	cm
Percentage	%
Em	em
Ex	ex

Use formatProvider to specify culture-specific information used to format the Value. If formatProvider is null, the numeric portion of the string is formatted using a default NumberFormatInfo object set for the current culture.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Unit Structure

ToString Overload

System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace

UnitType

NumberFormatInfo

Other Resources

ASP.NET Web Server Controls and CSS Styles

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