BasePropertyToString(StringBuilder) Method

public void ToString(
	StringBuilder sb
)

Public Sub ToString ( 
	sb As StringBuilder
)

public:
void ToString(
	StringBuilder^ sb
)

member ToString : 
        sb : StringBuilder -> unit 

Parameters

sb  StringBuilder

The StringBuilder to which the formatted text is appended

This version is called by ToString as well as owning objects when they convert themselves to a string for writing to a PDI data stream. If the value of the property is null or an empty string, it will not append itself as there is nothing to specify.

Properties use a StringBuilder to convert themselves to a string rather than writing directly to the TextWriter as they may need to manipulate the string to fold lines, etc.

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