How to format entire column

[Administrator]

In Excel, I can select an entire column, right-click, select Format Cells and set the alignment or number format for the entire column. How do I do this in XlsIO?

[Sridhar]

Hi Jim Slater,

Thank you for using Syncfusion products.

We have an IRange array Columns property for selecting the entire column of the worksheet. We have given below the sample code snippet for your reference for setting the number format and cell style.

Code Snippet [C#]:

worksheet.Columns[0].NumberFormat = "#,###";
worksheet.Columns[0].CellStyle.ColorIndex = ExcelKnownColors.Black;

Please try the above code snipppet at your side and let us know if this helps you.

Please let me know if you require any further clarifications.

Thanks,
Sridhar.S

[Gordon Hooton]

Does similar apply when you need t convert a column of numbers to text ?

Thanks and regards

[Sridhar]

Hi Jim Slater,

Thank you so much for the update.

We can apply the text in the column of numbers using the following code.

 

Code Snippet[C#]:

 worksheet.Columns[0].Text = "Syncfusion";

Please try the above code snipppet at your side and let us know if this helps you.

Please let me know if you require any further clarifications.

Thanks,
Sridhar.S

[Gordon Hooton]

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Sorry - could have been clearer in my request.
What I was after was that I have a spreadsheet with a column of numbers, which I want is to have the same numbers formatted as text rather than numbers in that column.

Thanks and regards

[Sridhar]

Hi Jim Slater,

 

Thank you so much for the update.

 

Please use the following number format string to convert the column of numbers to an text format in an spreadsheet.

 

Code Snippet [C#]:

 workSheet.Columns[0].CellStyle.NumberFormat = "@";

 

Please try the above code and let us know if this solves the above reported problem at your side.

 

Please let me know if you require any further clarifications.

 

Thanks,
Sridhar.S

[Gordon Hooton]

Thanks for that - now another question - how do I do the reverse
I have a column that is all dates (except for the header) but when I export it to Excel the column is all text, and thereforehard to manipulate.

Is there a way to force the column to be in date format
Thanks and regards

[Sridhar]

Hi Gordon,

Thank you so much for the update.

Please use the below code snippet to set the custom date number format for the columns in the worksheet.

Code Snippet[C#]:
workSheet.Columns[0].CellStyle.NumberFormat ="m/d/yyyy";

Please take a look at the video to change the custom number format strings for the given data.

Video Link:
http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/Support/DirectTrac/103072/Custom Format-459493620.zip

Note:The custom format string can be selected from the FormatCells windows dialog in MS Excel.

Please take a look at the video and let us know if this helps you.

If you are using ImportDataTable method to import the data to an excel worksheet please use the below overload method to import the data with their data types.

Code Syntax[C#]:

ImportDataTable(DataTable dataTable, bool isFieldNameShown, int firstRow, int firstColumn, bool preserveTypes);

 

Please take a look at the video, try the code snippets at your side and let us know if this helps you.

 

Please let me know if you have any concerns.

Thanks,
Sridhar.S

[singh]

In Case of Open Offfice

in One Column we have both type of values String and numeric. Numeric value to be shown as string.

Case 1

we have used Cell .NumberFormat = "@" , And if Value is Numberic it is shown at 1.00 , Please check Attached Image.

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Case 2

If we use .NumberFormat = "General" , Then Value Numeric is shown 1 but right-aligned . we have set .CellStyle.HorizontalAlignment = Syncfusion.XlsIO.ExcelHAlign.HAlignLefteven then value is right aligned.

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Case 3

if cell.NumberFormat = "text" , Then Also numeric values shown as 1.00

Thanks & regardsraman kumar

[Abirami Varadharajan]

Hi Raman, 

 

Please find the details for your queries below. 

 

Queries	Details
we have used Cell .NumberFormat = "@" , And if Value is Numberic it is shown at 1.00 , Please check Attached Image.	If number format to a cell is applied as "@" in XlsIO, the numeric values is shown as 1 as in the below screen shot, which is the document generated using XlsIO and opened in Open Office 4.1.1. If your requirement is to set number as text, we recommend this option.          Note: We don’t find any attachment from your update.
If we use .NumberFormat = "General" , Then Value Numeric is shown 1 but right-aligned . we have set .CellStyle.HorizontalAlignment = Syncfusion.XlsIO.ExcelHAlign.HAlignLefteven then value is right aligned.	Number with General format is always right aligned. This is the behavior in MS Excel and Open office. XlsIO also behaves similarly.     If the HAlign is set to Left, then the values are left aligned when applied in XlsIO.
If cell.NumberFormat = "text" , Then Also numeric values shown as 1.00	The numeric value is shown as 1, not as 1.00.