Format Method (CheckBoxCellType)

When deriving a cell type based on this type, override this to change what gets passed back and formatted as a string into the cell on the sheet from the object in the data model.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overrides Function Format( _
   ByVal o As Object _
) As String

'Usage
 
Dim instance As CheckBoxCellType
Dim o As Object
Dim value As String
 
value = instance.Format(o)

public override string Format( 
   object o
)

Parameters

o: Object in the data model from which to get formatting information

Return Value

Formatted string to put in the cell on the sheet

Example

The following example subclasses the CheckBoxCellType class and creates a check box cell in the first cell of the spreadsheet. Its checked and unchecked images are set in the constructor and it uses the values of 0 or 1 for the check box state.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using FarPoint.Web.Spread;
using System.Drawing;
using FarPoint.Web.Spread;

public partial class Sample2 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    
  private void Page_Load(object sender,System.EventArgs e)
  {
    var bcTypecell = new myCheck("img\\checked.gif", "img\\unchecked.gif");
    FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells[0,0].CellType=bcTypecell;
    FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Columns[0].Width=130;
    FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Rows[0].Height=40;
  }
}

[Serializable()]
class myCheck : FarPoint.Web.Spread.CheckBoxCellType
{
  public myCheck(string img1,string img2)
  {
    base.CheckedImageUrl=img1;
    base.UncheckedImageUrl=img2;
  }

  public override string Format(object o)
  {
    return base.Format(o);
  }

  public override Control GetEditorControl(string id,TableCell tc,FarPoint.Web.Spread.Appearance style,FarPoint.Web.Spread.Inset margin,object v,bool ul)
  {
    return base.GetEditorControl(id,tc,style,margin,v,ul);
  }

  public override object GetEditorValue(Control owner,string id)
  {
    return base.GetEditorValue(owner,id);
  }

  public override Control PaintCell(string id,TableCell tc,FarPoint.Web.Spread.Appearance style,FarPoint.Web.Spread.Inset margin,object v,bool ul)
  {
    return base.PaintCell(id,tc,style,margin,v,ul);
  }

  public override object Parse(string s)
  {
  return base.Parse(s);
  }

  public override string ValidateEditorValue(object val)
  {
    return base.ValidateEditorValue(val);
  }

  public override string EditorClientScriptUrl{get{return "checkboxeditor.htc";}}

  public override string RendererClientScriptUrl{get{return "checkboxrender.htc";}}
}

Visual Basic

Imports FarPoint.Web.Spread
Partial Class Sample2VB
  Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

  Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    Dim ckbox As New myCheck("img\checked.gif", "img\unchecked.gif")
    FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells(0, 0).CellType = ckbox
    FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.SetValue(0, 0, 1)
  End Sub

End Class

<Serializable()>
Public Class myCheck
  Inherits FarPoint.Web.Spread.CheckBoxCellType

  Sub New(ByVal img1 As String, ByVal img2 As String)
    MyBase.CheckedImageUrl = img1
    MyBase.UncheckedImageUrl = img2
  End Sub

  Public Overrides Function Format(ByVal o As Object) As String
    Return MyBase.Format(o)
  End Function

  Public Overrides Function GetEditorControl(ByVal id As String, ByVal tc As TableCell, ByVal style As FarPoint.Web.Spread.Appearance, ByVal margin As FarPoint.Web.Spread.Inset, ByVal v As Object, ByVal ul As Boolean) As System.Web.UI.Control
    Return MyBase.GetEditorControl(id, tc, style, margin, v, ul)
  End Function

  Public Overrides Function GetEditorValue(ByVal owner As Control, ByVal id As String) As Object
    Return MyBase.GetEditorValue(owner, id)
  End Function

  Public Overrides Function PaintCell(ByVal id As String, ByVal tc As TableCell, ByVal style As FarPoint.Web.Spread.Appearance, ByVal margin As FarPoint.Web.Spread.Inset, ByVal v As Object, ByVal ul As Boolean) As System.Web.UI.Control
    Return MyBase.PaintCell(id, tc, style, margin, v, ul)
  End Function

  Public Overrides Function Parse(ByVal s As String) As Object
    Return MyBase.Parse(s)
  End Function

  Public Overrides Function ValidateEditorValue(ByVal val As Object) As String
    Return MyBase.ValidateEditorValue(val)
  End Function
  

  Public Shadows Property CheckedImageUrl() As String
    Get
      Return MyBase.CheckedImageUrl
    End Get

    Set(ByVal Value As String)
      MyBase.CheckedImageUrl = Value
    End Set
  End Property

  Public Overrides ReadOnly Property EditorClientScriptUrl() As String
    Get
      Return "checkboxeditor.htc"
    End Get
  End Property

  Public Overrides ReadOnly Property RendererClientScriptUrl() As String
    Get
      Return "checkboxrender.htc"
    End Get
  End Property

  Public Shadows Property UncheckedImageUrl() As String
    Get
      Return MyBase.UncheckedImageUrl
    End Get
    Set(ByVal Value As String)
      MyBase.UncheckedImageUrl = Value
    End Set
  End Property

End Class

Reference

CheckBoxCellType Class
CheckBoxCellType Members