'Declaration
 
Protected Overridable ReadOnly Property AmbientFormatProvider As IFormatProvider

'Usage
 
Dim instance As Cell

Dim value As IFormatProvider

 

value = instance.AmbientFormatProvider

protected virtual IFormatProvider AmbientFormatProvider {get;}

Property Value

The ambient format provider is the format provider inherited from the cell's parent column in the case where its own FormatProvider property is not explicitly set.

If the value of the IsFormatProviderAmbient property is true then both the AmbientFormatProvider and FormatProvider properties will return the same value.

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

Cell Class
Cell Members