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How to use rich formatting(font, color, style) while generating Excel(XLS) documents using Bytescout Spreadsheet SDK

How to use cell formatting (set font color, style, name) for new XLS (Excel) documents generated using Bytescout Spreadsheet lib

This source code demonstrates use of rich formatting for cells in new Excel spreadsheets generated with Bytescout Spreadsheet SDK for .NET

Download example source code: bytescoutxls_using_rich_formatting_to_create_xls_report.zip (5 KB)

Table with data formatted using font styles and colors

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Text;

using Bytescout.Spreadsheet;

using Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants;



namespace Using_rich_formatting_to_create_a_XLS_report

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

// Create new Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet document = new Spreadsheet();

// Add new worksheet

Worksheet worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("AdvancedReport");

// Set Values

worksheet.Cell(0, 0).Value = "Name";

worksheet.Cell(0, 1).Value = "Full Name";

Color headerColor = Color.FromArgb(75, 172, 198);

Color contentColor = Color.FromArgb(141, 180, 227);

// Set font bold for headers

worksheet.Cell(0, 0).Font = new Font("Arial", 12, FontStyle.Bold);

worksheet.Cell(0, 1).Font = new Font("Arial", 12, FontStyle.Bold);

// Set back color for headers rows

worksheet.Cell(0, 0).FillPattern = PatternStyle.Solid;

worksheet.Cell(0, 0).FillPatternForeColor = headerColor;

worksheet.Cell(0, 1).FillPattern = PatternStyle.Solid;

worksheet.Cell(0, 1).FillPatternForeColor = headerColor;

worksheet.Cell(6, 0).FillPattern = PatternStyle.Solid;

worksheet.Cell(6, 0).FillPatternForeColor = headerColor;

worksheet.Cell(6, 0).FontColor = Color.White;

worksheet.Cell(6, 1).FillPattern = PatternStyle.Solid;

worksheet.Cell(6, 1).FillPatternForeColor = headerColor;

// Set back color for content rows

for (int i = 1; i < 6; i++)

{

worksheet.Cell(i, 0).FillPattern = PatternStyle.Solid;

worksheet.Cell(i, 0).FillPatternForeColor = contentColor;

worksheet.Cell(i, 1).FillPattern = PatternStyle.Solid;

worksheet.Cell(i, 1).FillPatternForeColor = contentColor;

}

worksheet.Cell(1, 0).Value = "Homer";

worksheet.Cell(1, 1).Value = "Homer Jay Simpson";

worksheet.Cell(2, 0).Value = "Marjorie";

worksheet.Cell(2, 1).Value = "Marjorie Marge Simpson (Bouvier)";

worksheet.Cell(3, 0).Value = "Bartholomew";

worksheet.Cell(3, 1).Value = "Bartholomew Jojo Bart Simpson";

worksheet.Cell(4, 0).Value = "Lisa";

worksheet.Cell(4, 1).Value = "Lisa Marie Simpson";

worksheet.Cell(5, 0).Value = "Margaret";

worksheet.Cell(5, 1).Value = "Margaret Maggie ";

worksheet.Cell(6, 0).Value = "Count";

worksheet.Cell(6, 1).Value = "5";

worksheet.Columns[1].Width = 250;

worksheet.Columns[2].Width = 250;

// Save document

document.SaveAs("AdvancedReport.xls");

}

}

}

Download example source code: bytescoutxls_using_rich_formatting_to_create_xls_report.zip (5 KB)

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