Unit.ToString Method (IFormatProvider)

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
)
public String ToString (
	IFormatProvider formatProvider
)
public function ToString (
	formatProvider : IFormatProvider
) : String
Not applicable.

Parameters

formatProvider

An IFormatProvider interface implementation that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

Return Value

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

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 a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), the numeric portion of the string is formatted using a default NumberFormatInfo object set for the current culture.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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