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ImageField::GetFormattedAlternateText Method

Applies the format specified by the DataAlternateTextFormatString property to the alternate text value contained in the specified Control object.

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

protected:
virtual String^ GetFormattedAlternateText(
	Control^ controlContainer
)

Parameters

controlContainer
Type: System.Web.UI::Control

The Control that contains the alternate text value to transform.

Return Value

Type: System::String
The transformed value.

The GetFormattedAlternateText method is a helper method used by the ImageField class to apply the format specified by the DataImageUrlFormatString property to the alternate text value. The alternate text value is contained in the Control object specified by the controlContainer parameter.

Notes to Inheritors:

When extending the ImageField class, you can override this method to perform a custom formatting routine.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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