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# TCustomIniFile.FormatSettings

Format settings to use when reading date/time/float values

## Declaration

Source position: inifiles.pp line 167

`public TCustomIniFile.FormatSettings : TFormatSettings;`

## Description

FormatSetting is a set of formatting settings similar to Sysutils.FormatSettings. If TCustomIniFile.FormatSettingsActive is True, then the value of this field will be used to read values in TCustomIniFile.ReadDateTime, TCustomIniFile.ReadDate, TCustomIniFile.ReadTime and TCustomIniFile.ReadFloat or when writing values in TCustomIniFile.WriteDateTime, TCustomIniFile.WriteDate, TCustomIniFile.WriteTime and TCustomIniFile.WriteFloat.

## See also

TCustomIniFile.FormatSettingsActive |  | Is FormatSettings used or not
TCustomIniFile.ReadDateTime |  | Read a Date/Time value
TCustomIniFile.ReadDate |  | Read a date value
TCustomIniFile.ReadTime |  | Read a time value
TCustomIniFile.ReadFloat |  | Read a floating point value
TCustomIniFile.WriteDateTime |  | Write date/time value
TCustomIniFile.WriteDate |  | Write date value
TCustomIniFile.WriteTime |  | Write time value
TCustomIniFile.WriteFloat |  | Write a floating-point value