Retrieves or sets a value that indicates whether the control fires FormatColumn to
format the caption of a cell hosted by column.
| Type | Description | |||
| Boolean | A boolean expression that indicates whether the control fires the FireFormatColumn event for the cells in the column. |
By default, the FireFormatColumn property is False. The FormatColumn event is fired only if the FireFormatColumn property of the Column object is True. The FormatColumn event lets the user to provide the cell's caption before it is displayed in the list. For instance, the FormatColumn event may be useful for formatting the column of prices by grouping digits, and displaying the current currency. Newer versions of the component provides the FormatColumn property that helps formatting a cell using the several predefined functions without using the control's event FormatColumn.