/// <summary>
/// Formats a specified column in a DataTable with one of the pre-specified formats. These will only work in string
/// data type fields.
/// Todo: Could the data.formatting functions be exposed as extensions on Object or String?
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dt"></param>
/// <param name="columnIndex"></param>
/// <param name="formatType"></param>
public static DataTable FormatColumn(this DataTable dt, int columnIndex, FormatFieldTypes formatType)
{
// The main rows/cells
foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)
{
switch (formatType)
{
case FormatFieldTypes.Dollars:
row[columnIndex] = Formatting.FormatDollars(row[columnIndex].ToString());
break;
case FormatFieldTypes.EmailLink:
row[columnIndex] = Formatting.ReturnMailLink(row[columnIndex].ToString());
break;
case FormatFieldTypes.Link:
row[columnIndex] = Formatting.ReturnLinkHtml(row[columnIndex].ToString(), true, true);
break;
case FormatFieldTypes.CleanupNumber:
row[columnIndex] = Formatting.CleanupNumber(row[columnIndex].ToString());
break;
case FormatFieldTypes.NumberWithFormattingNoDecimal:
row[columnIndex] = row[columnIndex].ToString().FormatIfNumber(0);
break;
case FormatFieldTypes.NumberWithFormattingTwoDecimals:
row[columnIndex] = row[columnIndex].ToString().FormatIfNumber(2);
break;
case FormatFieldTypes.PercentWithNoDecimal:
row[columnIndex] = Formatting.FormatPercent(row[columnIndex].ToString(), 0);
break;
case FormatFieldTypes.PercentWithTwoDecimals:
row[columnIndex] = Formatting.FormatPercent(row[columnIndex].ToString(), 2);
break;
case FormatFieldTypes.PhoneNumber:
row[columnIndex] = Formatting.FormatPhoneNumber(row[columnIndex].ToString());
break;
case FormatFieldTypes.ZipCode:
row[columnIndex] = Formatting.FormatZipCode(row[columnIndex].ToString());
break;
case FormatFieldTypes.ShortDate:
DateTime asDate;
if (DateTime.TryParse(row[columnIndex].ToString(), out asDate))
{
row[columnIndex] = asDate.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");
}
break;
}
}
return(dt);
}