ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – VB.NET – Set Hidden Formula

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How to set hidden formula in VB.NET using ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK

This tutorial will show how to set hidden formula in VB.NET

The coding tutorials are designed to help you test the features without need to write your own code. ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK is the library (SDK) that is capable of writing, reading, modifying and calculating Excel and CSV spreadsheets. Most popular formulas can be calculated and reculculated with Excel installed. You may import or export data to and from CSV, XML, JSON as well as to and from databases, arrays. It can be used to set hidden formula using VB.NET.

This code snippet below for ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK works best when you need to quickly set hidden formula in your VB.NET application. This VB.NET 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! Code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly with your data.

You can download free trial version of ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK from our website to see and try many others source code samples for VB.NET.

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Program.vb

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

Class Program
	Friend Shared Sub Main(args As String())
		' Open spreadsheet from file
		Dim document As New Spreadsheet()
		document.LoadFromFile("example.xls")

		' Get first worksheet
		Dim worksheet As Worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets(0)

		' Hide formula in B9 cell
		worksheet.Cell("B9").HiddenFormula = True
		' Protect the worksheet with password
		worksheet.Protect("password")

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

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

		' Close spreadsheet
		document.Close()

		' Open generated XLS document in default program
		Process.Start("changed.xls")
	End Sub
End Class