Using data type converters
Data type converters determine how data is displayed and validated.
You can use special data formats for almost any basic visual part, not just for text entry fields. For example, even a push button can have a date format, so that it displays dates as its label.
When using Data types with a Text part, you have two choices when making connections:
object
The object attribute represents the user data converted to the internal form that the data item will hold. For most scenarios, you want to use object.
string
The string attribute represents the user data exactly as it is typed into the field, regardless of the data type you specified for the Text part.
Consider the following topics for data type converters:
Last modified date: 01/29/2015