ByteScout Barcode Suite – C# – Set number format in cells with spreadsheet sdk

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How to set number format in cells with spreadsheet sdk in C# with ByteScout Barcode Suite

Learn to set number format in cells with spreadsheet sdk in C#

The sample source code below will teach you how to set number format in cells with spreadsheet sdk in C#. What is ByteScout Barcode Suite? It is the set that includes three different SDK products to generate barcodes, read barcodes and read and write spreadsheets: Barcode SDK, Barcode Reader SDK and Spreadsheet SDK. It can help you to set number format in cells with spreadsheet sdk in your C# application.

Want to save time? You will save a lot of time on writing and testing code as you may just take the C# code from ByteScout Barcode Suite for set number format in cells with spreadsheet sdk below and use it in your application. Simply copy and paste in your C# project or application you and then run your app! Applying C# application mostly includes various stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.Spreadsheet;
using System.IO;

namespace HelloWorld
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create new Spreadsheet
            Spreadsheet document = new Spreadsheet();

            // Get worksheet by name
            Worksheet worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("Sample");

            // Set header
            worksheet.Cell(0, 0).Value = "Value (Number)";
            worksheet.Cell(0, 1).Value = "Formatting String";

            // Set variables
            double plan = 3000;
            double result = 3100;

            // Fill cells
            for (int i = 1; i < 6; i++)
            {
                worksheet.Cell(i, 0).Value = result / plan;
            }

            // Set cells format
            worksheet.Cell(1, 0).NumberFormatString = "0.00";
            worksheet.Cell(2, 0).NumberFormatString = "0.00%";
            worksheet.Cell(3, 0).NumberFormatString = "mm:ss";
            worksheet.Cell(4, 0).NumberFormatString = "hh:mm:ss";
            worksheet.Cell(5, 0).NumberFormatString = "##0,0E+0";

            // Set captions
            worksheet.Cell(1, 1).Value = "0.00";
            worksheet.Cell(2, 1).Value = "0.00%"; 
            worksheet.Cell(3, 1).Value = "mm:ss"; 
            worksheet.Cell(4, 1).Value = "hh:mm:ss";   
            worksheet.Cell(5, 1).Value = "##0,0E+0";


            // delete output file if exists already
            if (File.Exists("Sample.xls")){
                File.Delete("Sample.xls");
            }

            // Save document
            document.SaveAs("Sample.xls");

            // Close document
            document.Close();

            // open generated XLS document in default program
            Process.Start("Sample.xls");
        }
    }
}