Modify number formatting

You can modify the number formatting used in a specific alarm and event message by creating a new culture for the owning application, editing the desired message, and then creating a culture-specific satellite assembly.

For example, libappResources\krunchStrings.resx contains the alarm and event message for KRN_SETPOINT_TIMEOUT. The baseline record is as follows:

Assume that an analog point has the engineering units used by {1} and {3} configured as PERCENT. If a setpoint issued with a value of 87.654321 times out because the value is 55, the system generates the following alarm and event message:

Setpoint command to 87.654321 PERCENT timed out – current value = 55 PERCENT

Changing the value to Setpoint command to {0:G5} {1} timed out - current value = {2:G2} {3} generates the following alarm and event message:

Setpoint command to 87.654 PERCENT timed out – current value = 55 PERCENT

Changing the value to Setpoint command to {0:N5} {1} timed out - current value = {2:N2} {3} generates the following alarm and event message:

Setpoint command to 87.65432 PERCENT timed out – current value = 55.00 PERCENT

For further information on how to configure the number formatting, refer to Microsoft online documentation for standard numeric format strings.