Formatting substituted runtime values in texts

[AJDulk]

From Subtituting runtime values into texts we learn that we can substitute the value of a variable into a text using the && notation. Unfortunately the substitution seems to use the raw value than the formatted value (I am using a currency in a Dutch page so would expect 10 cents to show as 0,10 instead I get 0.1).

Is there a neat method to get the formatted value rather than the raw value ( for example &&fieldName.displayString() )?

[Jon]

The displayValue property of a field is what you want but you can only use this via a script e.g.

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controls.TXT1.text.text = "Field value is " + fields.xxxxx.displayValue;

Which is not as neat as &&variable substitution but it works.

[AJDulk]

Thanks for the info Jon, that is how I have solved it but I was hoping that there would be an easier way. Maybe this could be an enhancement for a future release?