sheet.FirstVisibleColumn

[Erich Schneider]

Hi,

I import data from a datatable with 20 fields. The sheet should only show a range of the fields. So I use the commands:
sheet.FirstVisibleColumn = 2
sheet.LeftVisibleColumn = 8
but nothing happened.

When I create a PDF, with the same data the commands:
format.StartColumnIndex = 2
format.EndColumnIndex = 10
work fine. So what is the difference?

Thanks

[Geetha M]

Hi Erich,

Thank you for your interest in Syncfusion products.

It is not possible to select data from the datatable to import. If you want to hide the columns before 2 and after 8, please refer to the code snippet given below:

List visible = new List();

            // Add visible column index
            for (int i = 2; i < 9; i++)
                visible.Add(i);

            int col = sheet.UsedRange.LastColumn;
//Hide other column
            for (int i = 1; i < col + 1; i++)
            {
                if(!visible.Contains(i))
                    sheet.ShowColumn(i, false);
            }

Please try this and let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,
Geetha

[Erich Schneider]

Hi Geetha,

can you please explain me the usage of sheet.FirstVisibleColumn. I can't understand the difference to the PDF-Funnction StartColumnIndex.

Here my VB-Code of both

PDF:
ta.Fill(dataTable, kurzzeichen, kurzzeichen,
p_jahrLabel.Text, p_monatLabel.Text, Profile.mandid,
Profile.periid, False, Profile.benutzer)

table.DataSource = dataTable

format.StartColumnIndex = 2
format.EndColumnIndex = 10

table.Draw(page, rect, format)

XlsIO:
ta.Fill(dataTable, p_kurzvonLabel.Text, p_kurzbisLabel.Text,
p_jahrLabel.Text, p_monatLabel.Text, Profile.mandid,
Profile.periid, False, Profile.benutzer)

sheet.ImportDataTable(dataTable, True, 1, 1)
sheet.FirstVisibleColumn = 2
sheet.LeftVisibleColumn = 8



When I use
sheet.ShowColumn(1, False)
sheet.ShowColumn(11, False)
sheet.ShowColumn(12, False)
the columns are hidden, but still there.

Thanks

[Geetha M]

Hi Erich,

FirstVisibleColumn and LeftVisibleColumn are used to Select / Highlight a cell in the worksheet. You may check our class reference in the link below which could give you more details.

IWorksheet Members

As you said, the column can be show / hide using the

ShowColumn

method. If you do not want the data in the sheet and like to delete them permanently, you may make use of

sheet.DeleteColumn()

method.

Please try this and let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,
Geetha