ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – C# – Validate Cells with Dates

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ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – C# – Validate Cells with Dates

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validate cells with dates in C# with ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK

validate cells with dates in C#

Writing of the code to validate cells with dates in C# can be done by developers of any level using ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK. ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK was made to help with validate cells with dates in C#. ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK is the SDK that can write and read, modify and calculate Excel and CSV spreadsheets. Most popular formulas are supported. You may import or export data to and from CSV, XML, JSON as well as to and from databases, arrays.

The SDK samples like this one below explain how to quickly make your application do validate cells with dates in C# with the help of ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK. To do validate cells with dates in your C# project or application you may simply copy & paste the code and then run your app! You can use these C# sample examples in one or many applications.

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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)
        {


// in this sample we scan cells with ages data for people
// then mark all dates where age is between 10 and 19 years and mark these cells with red color


            // Create new Spreadsheet
            Spreadsheet document = new Spreadsheet();
	document.LoadFromFile("Data.xls");

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

            // Years range
            int RangeMin = 10;
            int RangeMax = 19;

            // Minimum age
            DateTime YearMin = DateTime.Now;
            // Maximum age
            DateTime YearMax = DateTime.Now;

            // Minimum year
            YearMax = YearMax.AddYears(-RangeMin);
            // Maximum year
            YearMin = YearMin.AddYears(-RangeMax);

            // Check dates
            for (int i = 1; i < 8; i++)
            {
                // Set current cell
                Cell currentCell = worksheet.Cell(i, 1);

                DateTime dateBirth = currentCell.ValueAsDateTime;

                // Check current cell
                if (dateBirth < YearMin || dateBirth > YearMax)
                {
                    // Set fill pattern
                    currentCell.FillPattern = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.PatternStyle.Solid;

                    // Markup wrong cell by red color
                    currentCell.FillPatternForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
                }

                // Set cell format
                currentCell.NumberFormatString = "dd.mm.yyyy";
            }

            // 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");


        }
    }
}