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Format Property

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Version: Available or changed with runtime version 1.0.

Sets the formats of the source expression for various data types.

Applies to

  • Xml Port

Property Value

Value Available or changed with Description
Xml runtime version 1.0 Allows to work with XML documents. This is the default value.
VariableText runtime version 1.0 Allows to work with variable text files.
FixedText runtime version 1.0 Allows to to work with fixed-width text fields.

Syntax

Format = VariableText;

Remarks

This property supports CSV (comma separated values) export files and XML files. The available options are:

  • XML
  • VariableText
  • FixedText

The default value for the Format property is XML, which allows to work with XML documents.

If you want to work with variable text files, the Format property must be set to VariableText and if you want to work with fixed-width text fields, it must be set to FixedText.

You can configure the text file's default settings by using the properties TextEncoding (XMLports) Property, TableSeparator Property, RecordSeparator Property, FieldSeparator Property and FieldDelimiter Property.

See Also

Properties