DisplayFormatAttribute.ApplyFormatInEditMode Property

 

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the formatting string that is specified by the DataFormatString property is applied to the field value when the data field is in edit mode.

Namespace:   System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
Assembly:  System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations (in System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll)

Public Property ApplyFormatInEditMode As Boolean

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean

true if the formatting string applies to the field value in edit mode; otherwise, false. The default is false.

By default, the formatting string that is specified by the DataFormatString property is applied to field values only when the data-bound control is in read-only mode.

The following example shows how to use the ApplyFormatInEditMode property to set the display format for date information when the data field is in edit mode. The data field format to use for the data field is specified by setting the DataFormatString property.

' Display date data field in the short format such as 11/12/08.
' Also, apply format in edit mode.
<DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode:=True, DataFormatString:="{0:d}")> _
Public SellStartDate As Object

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 3.5
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 3.0
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