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OpenLNS Programmer's Reference 336
FallbackFormat
Summary Specifies the default type that should be used to display a
data point’s formatted value if the data point’s actual type
cannot be determined.
This may be necessary if a data point’s type is unknown, or if
it cannot be found in the resource files. Typically, OpenLNS
will automatically assign each data point a type based on the
type of the network variable or configuration property
associated with the data point.
You can also manually set a data point’s type by writing to
the FormatType property of the data point’s FormatSpec
object.
This property only applies to data points accessed through
network variables.
Availability Local, full, lightweight, and independent clients.
Syntax formatLocale.FallbackFormat = type
Element Description
formatLocale The FormatLocale object being acted
upon.
type The fallback type selected for the
FormatLocale object.
The valid settings for this property,
which are contained in the
ConstFallbackFormatTypes constant,
are as follows:
0 lcaFormatRaw
Use "RAW" as the fallback type. This
is a text string format, and is the
default format for user-defined
network variables (UNVTs).
Each byte of the network variable
value (in big-endian format) appears
as a text-formatted integer value from
"0" through "255".
Each value byte is separated by the
TAB character (0x09).
1 lcaFormatRawHex
Use "RAW_HEX" as the fallback type.
This is a text string format.
Each byte of the network variable
value (in big-endian format) appears
as a text-formatted hex integer value
from "0" through "ff".
Each value byte is separated by the