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OpenLNS Programmer's Reference 361
• ClassId
• FormatName
• FormatType
• Index
• Parent
• Precision
• ProgramId
• Scope
• Units
• UnitsAdder
• UnitsMultiplier
AltFormatName
Summary Contains an indexed list of all formats that can be applied to
this data type.
This allows you to search for other FormatSpec objects that
contain alternate formats. For example, in a FormatSpec
object representing the SNVT_temp_f#US format (for
example, degrees Fahrenheit), this property would contain
"SNVT_temp_f#US ", "SNVT_temp_f#SI", and
"SNVT_temp_f#US_diff".
The AltFormatNamesCount property indicates how many
alternate formats are available.
Availability Local, full, lightweight, and independent clients. Note that
some objects containing this property are not available to
Independent clients.
Syntax altName= fsObject. AltFormatName index
Element Description
altName The alternate format.
fsObject The FormatSpec object to be acted on.
index If multiple formats for this type exist,
the index number of the format to be
returned. The index number must be
between 1 to x, where x represents the
number of alternate formats available.
Data Type String.
Read/Write Read only.
Added to API LNS Release 3.0.
AltFormatNamesCount
Summary Indicates how many alternate formats are contained in the
AltFormatName property .
Availability Local, full, lightweight, and independent clients. Note that
some objects containing this property are not available to
Independent clients.