CimMeasurementAssociation.DisplayFormat (property)

Gets and sets the display format in equivalent form.

Syntax:

String = object.DisplayFormat
object.DisplayFormat = String

Description:

The DisplayFormat property gets and sets the display format in equivalent form. The DisplayFormat uses the "C" language format specifiers. These must be floating point format specifies. The following are valid.

%f - Fixed
%g - Compact

%e - Scientific

. Width, precision, and justification attributes may also be specified.

Format Examples:

%5.2f - right justified with a width of 5 and a precision of 2

. %-5.2f - left justified with a width of 5 and a precision of 2

. %06.3f - zero padded with a width of 6 and a precision of 3

.

Example:

Dim project As CimProject
Set project = CreateObject("CimProject")
project.OpenLocalProject "d:\classes\classes.gef"
Dim measurementManager As CimMeasurementManager

Dim measurementAssocList As
CimMeasurementAssociationList

Dim measurementAssoc As CimMeasurementAssociation
Dim measurementUnitList As CimMeasurementUnitList
Dim measurementUnit As CimMeasurementUnit

Set measurementManager =
project.MeasurementManager

Set measurementUnitList = measurementManager.Units

Set measurementUnit =
measurementUnitList.Item("METER")

Set measurementAssocList =
measurementUnit.SystemAssociations

Set measurementAssoc =
measurementAssocList.Item("Metric")

MsgBox measurementAssoc.DisplayFormat