ignoreBlank Method

Gets or sets whether to ignore an empty value.

Syntax

Javascript (Usage)
Javascript (Specification)

var instance = new GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.DefaultDataValidator(condition);
var returnValue; // Type: any
returnValue = instance.ignoreBlank(value);

function ignoreBlank( 
   value : boolean
) : any;

Parameters

value: Indicates whether to ignore the empty value.

Return Value

If no value is set, returns whether to ignore the empty value; otherwise, returns the data validator.

Example

This example uses the IgnoreBlank method.

Javascript

var nCondition = new GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.Condition(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.ConditionType.cellValueCondition);
nCondition.compareType(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.GeneralComparisonOperators.equalsTo);
nCondition.expected(0);
//When the option is false, the validation fails and the red alert is displayed.
//When the option is true, the blank cell is treated as zero and the validation is successful.
nCondition.treatNullValueAsZero(false);
var validator = new GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.DefaultDataValidator(nCondition);
validator.type(GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.CriteriaType.custom);
validator.ignoreBlank(false);
activeSheet.getCell(0, 0, GC.Spread.Sheets.SheetArea.viewport).validator(validator);
spread.options.highlightInvalidData = true;
activeSheet.setValue(0, 0, null);

Reference

DefaultDataValidator type