Public ReadOnly Property Format As ListingFormat

Dim instance As Listing
Dim value As ListingFormat
 
value = instance.Format

public ListingFormat Format {get;}

public:
property ListingFormat Format {
   ListingFormat get();
}

Property Value

When a Listing object is created, the format of the listing is automatically detected. If the format is unable to be detected, ListingFormat.Unknown is returned.

The Text property is useful when dealing with servers that return a "proprietary" listing. For example, if the server may return a UNIX listing. This would look something like:

It also may return a DOS listing which would look something like:

In either of these cases, the format would be detected and Listing.Format would be set appropriately. However, if the listing returned was a proprietary listing such as:

The Ftp component would be unable to detect the type, and the Listing would require manual parsing.

Reference

Listing Class
Listing Members