Item type: String formatter
An item which formats a string based on external item(s) and a format-control string
The String formatter item type has the following properties:
| Name | Description | ID | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| DecimalPoint | What character to use as a decimal-point, For example, in English-speaking countries it's period '.' but in many European countries, it's comma ',' | 10017 | Persisted, Enumerated |
| Format as UTC | When true, time formatted strings are treated as in UTC. If this value is false, they are treated as being in the local timezone. | 10018 | Persisted |
| FormatAsVector | Format the external item as a vector, using the prefix, suffix, and separator. | 10013 | Persisted |
| FormatControlString | The format-control string used when formatting the string value of this item, based on its external item(s). | 10012 | Persisted |
| FormatVector separator | The separator when formatting the string as a vector. | 10016 | Persisted |
| FormatVectorPrefix | The prefix when formatting the string as a vector. | 10014 | Persisted |
| FormatVectorSuffix | The suffix when formatting the string as a vector, or the character used to trim the result string. | 10015 | Persisted |
| Quality | Item quality - this tells you whether an item currently has a good or bad quality. It might be bad, for example, because it isn't connected or is set to the wrong type. | 3 | ReadOnly |
| Rights | Item access rights - this property may be "read", or "read write". This means that the property may only be read from, or also can be written to. For OPC items, this written value will be passed on to the external items this item comes from. | 5 | ReadOnly |
| Time | The date and time when this item was last updated. | 4 | ReadOnly |
| TrimCharacter | This property is the value used to trim the string. | 10027 | Persisted |
| Type | The item canonical data type - the specific type of this item. Whether it's an integer, string, date, etc. | 1 | ReadOnly |
| Value | The current value of the item. | 2 | NormalPage |