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Property of Scale.

Specifies the format and precision of the scale. Format can be 0-Decimal, 1-Scientific, 2-Engineering, 3-Binary, 4-Octal, 5-Hexadecimal, 6-Relative Time, 7-Time and Date, 8-SI, or 9-Custom (read only). Precision is the number of digits after the decimal point.

This property is similar to the options on the Display Format page of the Properties dialog box.

Elements

Name	Description
Format	Format: 0-Decimal, 1-Scientific, 2-Engineering, 3-Binary, 4-Octal, 5-Hexadecimal, 6-Relative Time, 7-Date and Time, 8-SI, and 9-Custom. You cannot wire a value of 9 to this property. This property returns a value of 9 if the object uses automatic formatting, the format string contains text, or the format string includes more than one format specifier. If you select floating point representation for the numeric increments, you cannot wire a value of 3, 4, or 5 to this property. Binary, Octal, and Hexadecimal formats are not valid for floating point numbers. If you wire one of these values, this property returns an error.
Precision	Number of digits after the decimal point. If you wire a value of 9 to the Format property, this property returns an error.

Remarks

The following table lists the characteristics of this property.

Available in Run-Time Engine and Real-Time Operating System	Yes
Permissions	Read/Write
Settable when the VI is running	Yes
Loads the front panel into memory	No
Need to authenticate before use	No
Loads the block diagram into memory	No
Remote access disallowed	No
Must wait until user interface is idle	No
Available with control VIs	No
Available with global VIs	No
Available with strict type definitions	No
Available with polymorphic VIs	No