Format Cell (Shape Data Section)

Specifies the formatting of a shape data item that is a string, a fixed list, a number, a variable list, a date or time, a duration, or a currency.

Remarks

Shape data item type	Value	Format cell contents
String	0	A format picture appropriate for the data type.
Fixed list	1	The items to appear in the list, separated by semicolons.
Number	2	A format picture appropriate for the data type.
Variable list	4	The items to appear in the list, separated by semicolons.
Date or time	5	A format picture appropriate for the data type.
Duration	6	A format picture appropriate for the data type.
Currency	7	A format picture appropriate for the data type.

As an example of specifying a format picture appropriate for the data type, the format picture "# #/4 UU" formats the number 12.43 in. as 12 2/4 INCHES. For more information about specifying a format picture, see About format pictures.

An example of specifying items for a list is "Engineering;Human Resources;Sales;Marketing".

Date values (type = 5) are displayed in the short date format. Currency values (type = 7) are displayed using the user's current setting for Currency on the Regional Options tab in the Regional and Language Options item in Control Panel.

A number (type = 2) can represent a dimension, scalar, angle, date, time, or currency. To ensure that an input number is always evaluated as a date, time, or currency, use the DATETIME or CY function in the Format cell instead of a format picture.

To get a reference to the Format cell by name from another formula, or from a program using the CellsU property, use:

Cell name:

Prop.name.Format where Prop.name is the row name

To get a reference to the Format cell by index from a program, use the CellsSRC property with the following arguments:

Section index:	visSectionProp
Row index:	visRowProp + i where i = 0, 1, 2...
Cell index:	visCustPropsFormat