XPression Text Formatting

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Last updated: Nov 10, 2020
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Text Formatting for Xpression

Add a format attribute to the XPression text object Metadata to allow for custom formatting to be applied to the text object on playback

format metadata examples:

formatdataresult
0.0000.50.500
00.001.201.20
[##-##-##]1234561,234,567,890
(###)###-####1234567890(123)456-7890
Today's High: {0}82Today's High: 82
P0.25625.6%
P00.25625%
P20.25625.60%
h:mm2020-11-24 5:00:00 PM5:00
h:mm tt2020-11-24 5:00:00 PM5:00 PM
H:mm:ss2020-11-24 5:00:00 PM17:00:00
yyyy2020-11-24 5:00:00 PM2020
ddd MMM d2020-11-24 5:00:00 PMTues Nov 24
dddd2020-11-24 5:00:00 PMTuesday
C1.45$1.45

For additional formats see  MS standard strings for reference