StringFormat::ToString Method ()

 

Converts this StringFormat object to a human-readable string.

Namespace:   System.Drawing
Assembly:  System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)

public:
virtual String^ ToString() override

Return Value

Type: System::String^

A string representation of this StringFormat object.

Only the value of the FormatFlags property is converted.

The following example is designed for use with Windows Forms, and it requires PaintEventArgse, which is a parameter of the Paint event handler. The code performs the following actions:

  • Converts a StringFormat object to a string.

  • Draws the string.

  • Changes some properties in the StringFormat object.

  • Draws the string. The string will be different because the properties of the StringFormat object have changed.

void ToStringExample( PaintEventArgs^ e )
{
   Graphics^ g = e->Graphics;
   SolidBrush^ blueBrush = gcnew SolidBrush( Color::FromArgb( 255, 0, 0, 255 ) );
   System::Drawing::Font^ myFont = gcnew System::Drawing::Font( "Times New Roman",14 );
   StringFormat^ myStringFormat = gcnew StringFormat;

   // String variable to hold the values of the StringFormat object.
   String^ strFmtString;

   // Convert the string format object to a string (only certain information
   // in the object is converted) and display the string.
   strFmtString = myStringFormat->ToString();
   g->DrawString( String::Format( "Before changing properties:   {0}", myStringFormat ), myFont, blueBrush, 20, 40 );

   // Change some properties of the string format
   myStringFormat->Trimming = StringTrimming::None;
   myStringFormat->FormatFlags = (StringFormatFlags)(StringFormatFlags::NoWrap | StringFormatFlags::NoClip);

   // Convert the string format object to a string and display the string.
   // The string will be different because the properties of the string
   // format have changed.
   strFmtString = myStringFormat->ToString();
   g->DrawString( String::Format( "After changing properties:   {0}", myStringFormat ), myFont, blueBrush, 20, 70 );
}

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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