GetColumnAllowFilter Method

Gets whether this column contains a column filter definition.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Function GetColumnAllowFilter( _
   ByVal column As Integer _
) As Boolean

'Usage
 
Dim instance As SheetView
Dim column As Integer
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = instance.GetColumnAllowFilter(column)

public bool GetColumnAllowFilter( 
   int column
)

Parameters

column: Column index

Return Value

Boolean: true if the specified column allows filtering; false otherwise

Remarks

The default is for a column not to allow filtering. Use this method to allow the user to perform filtering of rows by clicking on the filter indicator in a column header.

Example

This example returns the column number.

fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns[2].AllowAutoFilter = true;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoFilterColumn(2, "London", 1);

private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
bool b = fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetColumnAllowFilter(2);
MessageBox.Show("The column can be filtered is " + b.ToString()); 
}

Visual Basic

FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns(2).AllowAutoFilter = True
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoFilterColumn(2, "London", 1)

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim b As Boolean = FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetColumnAllowFilter(2)
MessageBox.Show("The column can be filtered is " & b.ToString())
End Sub

Reference

SheetView Class
SheetView Members

User-Task Documentation

Managing Filtering of Rows