dataFormatAs property
Sets or retrieves the rendering format for the data supplied to the object.
Syntax
HRESULT value = object.put_dataFormatAs( v);HRESULT value = object.get_dataFormatAs(* p);
Property values
Type: BSTR
text
Default. Data is rendered as text.
html
Data is rendered as HTML.
localized-text
Internet Explorer 5.01 and later versions. Data is rendered using the locale settings of the client machine.
Remarks
As of Windows Internet Explorer 7, the IHTMLDatabinding::dataFormatAs attribute is no longer supported for the input type=button object.
The IHTMLDatabinding::dataFld property is not available on param objects; use IHTMLEventObj2::getAttribute instead.
Internet Explorer 5.01 or later honors the regional settings for the user's control panel when the IHTMLDatabinding::dataFormatAs attribute is set to localized-text. Internet Explorer 5.01 or later performs a locale-dependent type conversion on the native value, instead of using the data source object to perform the conversion, when binding a textual element such as a span, div, or input to date, currency, or numeric data. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 does not provide this feature. To compensate for this limitation, a data source object can implement ISimpleDataConverter to participate in the conversion. Neither of these features is supported in earlier versions of Windows Internet Explorer.