GetText Method (SheetView)

Gets the formatted text in the cell using the IFormatter object for the cell.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Function GetText( _
   ByVal row As Integer, _
   ByVal column As Integer _
) As String

'Usage
 
Dim instance As SheetView
Dim row As Integer
Dim column As Integer
Dim value As String
 
value = instance.GetText(row, column)

public string GetText( 
   int row,
   int column
)

Parameters

row: Row index of the cell
column: Column index of the cell

Return Value

String containing the text contents of the cell

Remarks

This method returns the formatted value of the cell.

Compare the values returned from this method with the values returned from the GetValue method. For example, for date-time cells, the GetText method returns the formatted date and time value; the GetValue method returns a DateTime object for the date and time.

Besides using this method, you can get or set the data in a cell using various properties of the sheet (SheetView object) or properties of the cell (Cell object). For more information, see Handling Data Using Sheet Methods and Handling Data Using Cell Properties.

Remember that the data may be displayed differently in a cell depending on the cell type. For more information, see Understanding Cell Type Effects on Displaying Data.

Example

This example returns the text for the specified cell.

FarPoint.Web.Spread.SheetView sv;
sv = FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView;
string s;
s = sv.GetText(0, 0);
Response.Write("The text in the cell is " + s);

Visual Basic

Dim sv As FarPoint.Web.Spread.SheetView
sv = FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView
Dim s As String
s = sv.GetText(0, 0)
Response.Write("The text in the cell is " & s)

Reference

SheetView Class
SheetView Members
GetClip Method
GetValue Method
GetClipValue Method
Text Property
Value Property
SetText Method

User-Task Documentation

Handling Data Using Sheet Methods
Handling Data Using Cell Properties