ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – VB.NET – Set Cell Alignment

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How to set cell alignment in VB.NET with ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK

The tutorial below will demonstrate how to set cell alignment in VB.NET

Set cell alignment is easy to implement in VB.NET if you use these source codes below. What is ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK? It 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. It can help you to set cell alignment in your VB.NET application.

The SDK samples like this one below explain how to quickly make your application do set cell alignment in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instruction. Test VB.NET sample code examples whether they respond your needs and requirements for the project.

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Module1.vb

      Imports Bytescout.Spreadsheet
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Diagnostics

Module Module1

    Sub Main()
        ' Open Spreadsheet
        Dim document As New Spreadsheet()

        ' Add new worksheet
        Dim worksheet As Worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("AlignmentDemo")


        ' Set Values
        worksheet.Cell("A1").Value = "Name"
        ' setting centered alignment for the cell
        worksheet.Cell("A1").AlignmentHorizontal = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.AlignmentHorizontal.Centered
        worksheet.Cell("B1").Value = "Full Name"
        ' setting centered alignment for the cell 
        worksheet.Cell("B1").AlignmentHorizontal = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.AlignmentHorizontal.Centered

        worksheet.Cell("A2").Value = "Homer"
        ' setting justifiedalignment for the cell 
        worksheet.Cell("A2").AlignmentHorizontal = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.AlignmentHorizontal.Right

        worksheet.Cell("B2").Value = "Homer Jay Simpson"
        ' setting justified alignment for the cell 
        worksheet.Cell("B2").AlignmentHorizontal = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.AlignmentHorizontal.Right

        ' set columns width
        worksheet.Columns(0).Width = 300 ' A column
        worksheet.Columns(1).Width = 400 ' B column

        ' remove output file if already exists
        If File.Exists("Output.xls") Then
            File.Delete("Output.xls")
        End If

        ' Save document
        document.SaveAs("Output.xls")

        ' Close Spreadsheet
        document.Close()

        ' open in default spreadsheets viewer/editor
        Process.Start("Output.xls")

    End Sub

End Module