How to format text within a cell?
22 Dec 20228 minutes to read
In Essential XlsIO, You can use the rich text formatting option to format the text within a cell. The following code snippet illustrates this.
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1);
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
//Insert Rich Text.
IRange range = worksheet.Range["A1"];
range.Text = "RichText";
IRichTextString richText = range.RichText;
//Formatting first 4 characters.
IFont redFont = workbook.CreateFont();
redFont.Bold = true;
redFont.Italic = true;
redFont.RGBColor = Color.Red;
richText.SetFont(0, 3, redFont);
//Formatting last 4 characters.
IFont blueFont = workbook.CreateFont();
blueFont.Bold = true;
blueFont.Italic = true;
blueFont.RGBColor = Color.Blue;
richText.SetFont(4, 7, blueFont);
workbook.SaveAs("FormattingText.xlsx");
}
Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013
Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1)
Dim worksheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
'Insert Rich Text.
Dim range As IRange = worksheet.Range("A1")
range.Text = "RichText"
Dim richText As IRichTextString = range.RichText
'Formatting first 4 characters.
Dim redFont As IFont = workbook.CreateFont()
redFont.Bold = True
redFont.Italic = True
redFont.RGBColor = Color.Red
richText.SetFont(0, 3, redFont)
'Formatting last 4 characters.
Dim blueFont As IFont = workbook.CreateFont()
blueFont.Bold = True
blueFont.Italic = True
blueFont.RGBColor = Color.Blue
richText.SetFont(4, 7, blueFont)
workbook.SaveAs("FormattingText.xlsx")
End Using
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1);
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
//Insert Rich Text.
IRange range = worksheet.Range["A1"];
range.Text = "RichText";
IRichTextString richText = range.RichText;
//Formatting first 4 characters.
IFont redFont = workbook.CreateFont();
redFont.Bold = true;
redFont.Italic = true;
redFont.RGBColor = Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 0, 0);
richText.SetFont(0, 3, redFont);
//Formatting last 4 characters.
IFont blueFont = workbook.CreateFont();
blueFont.Bold = true;
blueFont.Italic = true;
blueFont.RGBColor = Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 0, 255);
richText.SetFont(4, 7, blueFont);
//Initializes FileSavePicker
FileSavePicker savePicker = new FileSavePicker();
savePicker.SuggestedStartLocation = PickerLocationId.Desktop;
savePicker.SuggestedFileName = "FormattingText";
savePicker.FileTypeChoices.Add("Excel Files", new List<string>() { ".xlsx" });
//Creates a storage file from FileSavePicker
StorageFile storageFile = await savePicker.PickSaveFileAsync();
//Saves changes to the specified storage file
await workbook.SaveAsAsync(storageFile);
}
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1);
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
//Insert Rich Text.
IRange range = worksheet.Range["A1"];
range.Text = "RichText";
IRichTextString richText = range.RichText;
//Formatting first 4 characters.
IFont redFont = workbook.CreateFont();
redFont.Bold = true;
redFont.Italic = true;
redFont.RGBColor = Color.Red;
richText.SetFont(0, 3, redFont);
//Formatting last 4 characters.
IFont blueFont = workbook.CreateFont();
blueFont.Bold = true;
blueFont.Italic = true;
blueFont.RGBColor = Color.Blue;
richText.SetFont(4, 7, blueFont);
FileStream stream = new FileStream("FormattingText.xlsx", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
workbook.SaveAs(stream);
workbook.Close();
excelEngine.Dispose();
}
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1);
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
//Insert Rich Text.
IRange range = worksheet.Range["A1"];
range.Text = "RichText";
IRichTextString richText = range.RichText;
//Formatting first 4 characters.
IFont redFont = workbook.CreateFont();
redFont.Bold = true;
redFont.Italic = true;
redFont.RGBColor = Color.Red;
richText.SetFont(0, 3, redFont);
//Formatting last 4 characters.
IFont blueFont = workbook.CreateFont();
blueFont.Bold = true;
blueFont.Italic = true;
blueFont.RGBColor = Color.Blue;
richText.SetFont(4, 7, blueFont);
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
workbook.SaveAs(stream);
stream.Position = 0;
//Save the stream as a file in the device and invoke it for viewing
Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISave>().SaveAndView("FormattingText.xlsx", "application/msexcel", stream);
}