# ATTR_YFORMAT

Type: | Control attribute
Description: | The display format of the Y-axis values. If you specify VAL_ABSOLUTE_TIME_FORMAT or VAL_RELATIVE_TIME_FORMAT, you can call SetAxisTimeFormat to specify how to display the date/time on the specified axis.
Control Types: | Graphs, strip charts.
Data Type: | integer
Default Value: | VAL_FLOATING_PT_FORMAT

Values

VAL_FLOATING_PT_FORMAT | Example: 123.000
VAL_SCIENTIFIC_FORMAT | Example: 1.23E+2
VAL_ENGINEERING_FORMAT | Example: 123.00E+0
VAL_RELATIVE_TIME_FORMAT | LabWindows/CVI displays axis labels as formatted strings that describe the time elapsed since a reference point. Example: 00:00:52:23. When you use this format, LabWindows/CVI interprets a plotted data value as the number of seconds that have elapsed since the reference point. The fractional part of the data value represents a fraction of a second.
VAL_ABSOLUTE_TIME_FORMAT | LabWindows/CVI displays axis labels as formatted strings that describe fixed points in time. Example: 12:30:54 10/7/04. When you use this format, LabWindows/CVI interprets a plotted data value as the number of seconds since midnight, January 1, 1900. The fractional part of the data value represents a fraction of a second.