Create Excel file with right-to-left alignment in C#, VB.NET
Syncfusion Essential XlsIO is a .NET Excel library used to create, read, and edit Excel documents. Using this library, you can also create Excel file with right-to-left alignment in C#, VB.NET.
You can use IsRightToLeft property of IWorkbook and IWorksheet interfaces to control whether the worksheets in a workbook is displayed right to left.
Steps to create Excel file with right-to-left alignment, programmatically:
Step 1: Create a new C# console application project.
Create a new C# console application
Step 2: Install the Syncfusion.XlsIO.WinForms NuGet package as a reference to your .NET Framework application from NuGet.org.
Install NuGet package to the project
Step 3: Include the following namespaces in Program.cs file.
C#
using Syncfusion.XlsIO;
VB.NET
Imports Syncfusion.XlsIO
Step 4: Use the following code snippet to create a simple Excel file with right to left alignment in C# and VB.NET
C#
//Create an instance of ExcelEngine using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine()) { //Set the default application version as Excel 2016 excelEngine.Excel.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016; //Create a workbook with a worksheet IWorkbook workbook = excelEngine.Excel.Workbooks.Create(1); //Access first worksheet from the workbook instance IWorksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0]; //To display the worksheet in Right-To-Left direction sheet.IsRightToLeft = true; //Insert sample text into cell “A1” sheet.Range["A1"].Text = "Hello World"; sheet.Range["A1"].AutofitColumns(); //Save the workbook to disk in xlsx format workbook.SaveAs("Output.xlsx"); }
VB.NET
'Create an instance of ExcelEngine Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine 'Set the default application version as Excel 2016 excelEngine.Excel.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016 'Create a workbook with a worksheet Dim workbook As IWorkbook = excelEngine.Excel.Workbooks.Create(1) 'Access first worksheet from the workbook instance Dim sheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0) 'To display the worksheet in Right-To-Left direction sheet.IsRightToLeft = True 'Insert sample text into cell “A1” sheet.Range("A1").Text = "Hello World" sheet.Range("A1").AutofitColumns() 'Save the workbook to disk in xlsx format workbook.SaveAs("Output.xlsx") End Using
A complete working sample to create a simple Excel file with right to left alignment can be downloaded from SetRightToLeft.zip.
By executing the program, you will get the Excel file as follows.
Output Excel document
Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you can find basic worksheet data manipulation options along with features like Conditional Formatting, worksheet calculations through Formulas, adding Charts in worksheet or workbook, organizing and analyzing data through Tables and Pivot Tables, appending multiple records to worksheet using Template Markers, and most importantly PDF and Image conversions with code examples.
Click here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion Essential XlsIO features.
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