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Number formats for cells in spreadsheets generates using Bytescout Spreadsheet SDK for .NET library

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How to use cell format for numbers while writing spreadsheet document using Bytescout Spreadsheet SDK

This source code sample demonstrates how to use different number formatting for cells in spreadsheet generated with Bytescout Spreadsheet SDK

Download example source code: bytescoutxls_number_formatting_for_cells.zip (8 KB)

Generated spreadsheet screenshot:

Different number formats are shown in the generated spreadsheet

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

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 = “Number”;
worksheet.Cell(0, 1).Value = “Format”;

// 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).NumberFormat = “0.00”;
worksheet.Cell(2, 0).NumberFormat = “0.00%”;
worksheet.Cell(3, 0).NumberFormat = “mm:ss”;
worksheet.Cell(4, 0).NumberFormat = “hh:mm:ss”;
worksheet.Cell(5, 0).NumberFormat = “##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”;

// Save document
document.SaveAs(“Sample.xls”);

// Close document
document.Close();

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

 

Download example source code: bytescoutxls_number_formatting_for_cells.zip (8 KB)

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