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Change Date Format Of A Lightswitch Application

Software Requirement

1. Visual studio 2010 is installed on your machine.
2. Visual Studio 2010 service pack 1 is installed on your machine.
3. Microsoft Visual Studio Light switch 2011 is installed on your machine.

Prerequisite Knowledge

1. Basics about lightswitch.
2. How to create screens in lightswitch?
3. How to create tables in lightswitch?

Steps Of Execution

1. Create a new project
2. Create new tables
3. Create new screens
4. Add data to the screen
5. Add code to change date format

Create A New Project

Create New Tables

Create New Screens

Add Data To The Screen

Add Code To Change Date Format

partial void Application_Initialize() {
	Dispatchers.Main.BeginInvoke(() = >{
		CultureInfo ci = (CultureInfo) Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Clone();
		ci.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = "dd-MMM-yy";
		Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = ci;
	});
}

Output