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Format Pattern Dialog Box

You can use the Format Pattern dialog box to specify the pattern to format the Date, Time, or DateTime data in an XML schema. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.

Designer displays the Format Pattern dialog box when you select the ellipsis in the value cell of the Format Pattern property in the Modify Schema Properties screen of the XML Connection Wizard dialog box, or select the ellipsis for the Format Pattern property of an XML Schema object in the Catalog Manager.

You see the following options in the dialog box:

Pattern Fragments

This box lists all the pattern fragments that Designer supports.

Description

This box displays the detail description of the selected pattern fragment.

Add button

Select to add the specified pattern fragment to the Pattern box.

Pattern

This text box displays the pattern that you specify to format the Date, Time, or DateTime data of the XML schema.

To specify a pattern, select a pattern fragment and select to add it to the Pattern box, or double-click a pattern fragment to add it to the Pattern box. You can add several fragments as you want and use any character between two pattern fragments as a delimiter.

Result

This box displays a sample of the current date and time using the pattern that you define in the Pattern box.

OK

Select to apply your settings and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help

Select to view information about the dialog box.

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