ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Set cell formula with spreadsheet sdk

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ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Set cell formula with spreadsheet sdk

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How to set cell formula with spreadsheet sdk in C# and ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Continuous learning is a crucial part of computer science and this tutorial shows how to set cell formula with spreadsheet sdk in C#

Source code documentation samples give simple and easy method to install a needed feature into your application. What is ByteScout Data Extraction Suite? It is the set that includes 3 SDK products for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK. It can help you to set cell formula with spreadsheet sdk in your C# application.

Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite for C# plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to set cell formula with spreadsheet sdk. This C# sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! Want to see how it works with your data then code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly.

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Program.cs

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

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

            // add new worksheet
            Worksheet Sheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("FormulaDemo");           

            // headers to indicate purpose of the column
            Sheet.Cell("A1").Value = "Formula (as text)";
            // set A column width
            Sheet.Columns[0].Width = 250;

            Sheet.Cell("B1").Value = "Formula (calculated)";
            // set B column width
            Sheet.Columns[1].Width = 250;


            // write formula as text 
            Sheet.Cell("A2").Value = "7*3+2";
            // write formula as formula
            Sheet.Cell("B2").Value = "=7*3+2";

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

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

            // Close Spreadsheet
            document.Close();

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

        }

    }
}