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Display and formatting functions
Last update:
May 18, 2026
| Function | Description |
| AjaxLink | Causes an HTML href attribute to display link results in the current Ajax container. |
| AjaxOnLoad | Causes the specified JavaScript function to run when the page loads. |
| BooleanFormat | Takes a value and returns true or false depending on the value. |
| Canonicalize | Decodes the input string. |
| CJustify | Centers a string in a field length. |
| DateFormat | Formats a date value using U.S. date formats. |
| DecimalFormat | Converts a number to a decimal-formatted string. |
| DollarFormat | Formats a string in U.S. format. |
| EncodeForCSS | Encodes the input string for use in CSS. |
| EncodeForDN | Encodes the given string for safe output in LDAP Distinguished Names. |
| EncodeForHTML | Encodes an input string for a safe HTML output to prevent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. |
| EncodeForHTMLAttribute | Encodes the input string for use in HTML attribute, such as table width or image height. |
| EncodeForJavaScript | Encodes the input string for use in JavaScript. |
| EncodeForLDAP | Encodes an input string for a safe output in LDAP queries. |
| EncodeForURL | Encodes the input string for use in URLs. |
| EncodeForXML | Encodes a string for XML. |
| EncodeForXMLAttribute | Encodes a string that can be used as an XML attribute. |
| EncodeForXPath | Returns an encoded string for using with XPATH. |
| FormatBaseN | Converts number to a string, in the base specified by radix. |
| GetLocale | Gets the current geographic/language locale value. |
| GetLocaleDisplayName | Gets a locale value and displays the name in a manner that is appropriate to a specific locale. |
| HTMLCodeFormat | Replaces special characters in a string with their HTML-escaped equivalents and inserts <pre> and </pre> tags at the beginning and end of the string. |
| HTMLEditFormat | DEPRECATED FUNCTION |
| LSIsDate | Determines whether a string is a valid representation of a date/time value in the current locale. |
| LSNumberFormat | Formats a number in a locale-specific format. |
| LSParseCurrency | Converts a locale-specific currency string into a formatted number. |
| LSParseDateTime | Converts a string that is a valid date/time representation in the current locale into a date/time object. |
| LSParseEuroCurrency | Formats a locale-specific currency string as a number. |
| LSParseNumber | Converts a string that is a valid numeric representation in the current locale into a formatted number. |
| LSTimeFormat | Formats the time part of a date/time string into a string in a locale-specific format. |
| LJustify | Left justifies characters in a string of a specified length. |
| LSCurrencyFormat | Formats a number in a locale-specific currency format. For countries that use the euro, the result depends on the JVM. |
| LSDateFormat | Formats the date part of a date/time value in a locale-specific format. |
| LSEuroCurrencyFormat | Formats a number in a locale-specific currency format. |
| LSIsCurrency | Determines whether a string is a valid representation of a currency amount in the current locale. |
| NumberFormat | Creates a custom-formatted number value. |
| ParagraphFormat | Replaces characters in a string. |
| RJustify | Right justifies characters in a string of a specified length. |
| StripCR | Deletes return characters from a string. |
| TimeFormat | Formats a time value using US English time formatting conventions. |
| YesNoFormat | Evaluates a number or Boolean value. |
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