Control Properties - Formatting Tab

This tab is used to define the format of the number, text, time or date in the field.

The properties configured in this field are displayed according to the data type of the control:

Text
Number
Date
Time

Certain controls, such as an input field or an expression box, can contain data of any of the four types listed. Others, such as a horizontal slider or a progress bar, must be of a single data type.

Structure

The following table describes the properties configured in this tab:

Section	Property	Attribute	Control	Description
Text Format	Default		Expression box, Input field, Ticker	Uses standard text format
	Zero fill			Fills a string of a given length with zeroes
	Password			Indicates whether text characters entered into the control should be displayed as asterisks
	Trim spaces			Removes extra spaces at the beginning and end of the text string
	Lower case			Uses only lower-case characters for the text
	Upper case			Uses only upper-case characters for the text
	Proper case			Capitalizes the first letter of the main words
	Custom			Activates the Expression field to define specific text formatting
	Expression			Read-only field displaying the defined format; activated when Custom is selected
Number Format	Numeric		Expression box, HSlider, Input field, Progress bar, Spinner, Ticker, VSlider	Standard numbering
	Local format			Formats the number according to the locale of the portal runtime
	Percentage			Displays numbers as a percentage of 100
	Currency			Adds a symbol of the currency, selected from Currency symbol drop-down list
	Custom			Activates the Expression field to define specific text formatting
	Expression			Read-only field displaying the defined format; activated when Custom is selected
	Decimal places	Auto		Automatically adds decimal places according to the values received
	Decimal places	1 to 7		Indicates the number of decimal places to display
	Thousands separator	None		No separator is used between the thousands and hundreds numbers
	Thousands separator	Comma		A comma is used to set off the thousands
	Currency symbol			Currency icon, such as for dollar or Euro
Date Format	Local format		Date picker, Expression box, Input field, Ticker	Formats the date according to the locale of the portal runtime
	[date formats]			A range of different formats for displaying the date
	Custom			Activates the Expression field to define specific text formatting
	Expression			Read-only field displaying the defined format; activated when Custom is selected
Time Format	Local format		Expression box, Input field, Ticker	Formats the time according to the locale of the portal runtime
	[time formats]			A range of different formats for displaying the time
	Custom			Activates the Expression field to define specific text formatting
	Expression			Read-only field displaying the defined format; activated when Custom is selected