numberFormat prop
Dar Scott
dsc at swcp.com
Tue Jul 9 12:04:01 EDT 2002
On Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at 02:48 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
> Recently, "Steve Messimer" wrote:
>
>> it would be nice to see an example of how the
>> numberFormat should work.
>
> I believe the numberFormat is a global property, not applied to
> specific
> controls. So you simply say "set the numberFormat to 0.00" and
> then any
> scripts currently executing use this format.
It's local.
And be sure and read the paragraph marked "important" that explains
that this applies only to numbers becoming strings, not to those
just sitting there looking like numerals. (Values can be character
strings and--in a not-quite transparent way--numbers.)
Dar Scott
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