Spread Windows Forms 11.0 Product Documentation
GetPreferredColumnWidth(Int32,PreferredSizeColumnOptions) Method
Example 


FarPoint.Win.Spread Assembly > FarPoint.Win.Spread Namespace > SheetView Class > GetPreferredColumnWidth Method : GetPreferredColumnWidth(Int32,PreferredSizeColumnOptions) Method
Column index
Options when getting the preferred width
Gets the width of the widest cell (based on text content) in the specified column on this sheet.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function GetPreferredColumnWidth( _
   ByVal column As Integer, _
   ByVal flags As PreferredSizeColumnOptions _
) As Single
'Usage
 
Dim instance As SheetView
Dim column As Integer
Dim flags As PreferredSizeColumnOptions
Dim value As Single
 
value = instance.GetPreferredColumnWidth(column, flags)
public float GetPreferredColumnWidth( 
   int column,
   PreferredSizeColumnOptions flags
)

Parameters

column
Column index
flags
Options when getting the preferred width
Remarks
A cell has wrapped contents (text that wraps to multiple lines) when the renderer in the composite style for the cell implements IWordWrapSupport interface and its WordWrap property returns true.
Example
This example uses the GetPreferredColumnWidth method.
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.ColumnHeader.Cells[0,2].Text = "Column Header Text";
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[1, 1].Text = "Text in cell (1, 1)";
FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.TextCellType textcell = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.TextCellType();
textcell.WordWrap = true;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[2, 2].CellType = textcell;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[2, 2].Text = "Spread Windows Forms and the Funnel Chart";
fpSpread1.AutoFitColumnOptions = FarPoint.Win.Spread.PreferredSizeColumnOptions.ExcludeHeaders | FarPoint.Win.Spread.PreferredSizeColumnOptions.ExcludeSpans;
fpSpread1.AutoFitRowOptions = FarPoint.Win.Spread.PreferredSizeRowOptions.ExcludeHeaders;

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
float size;
size = fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetPreferredColumnWidth(2, FarPoint.Win.Spread.PreferredSizeColumnOptions.ExcludeHeaders | FarPoint.Win.Spread.PreferredSizeColumnOptions.ExcludeSpans);
textBox1.Text = size.ToString();
        }
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.ColumnHeader.Cells(0, 2).Text = "Column Header Text"
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells(1, 1).Text = "Text in cell (1, 1)"
Dim textcell As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.TextCellType()
textcell.WordWrap = True
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells(2, 2).CellType = textcell
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells(2, 2).Text = "Spread Windows Forms and the Funnel Chart"
FpSpread1.AutoFitColumnOptions = FarPoint.Win.Spread.PreferredSizeColumnOptions.ExcludeHeaders Or FarPoint.Win.Spread.PreferredSizeColumnOptions.ExcludeSpans
FpSpread1.AutoFitRowOptions = FarPoint.Win.Spread.PreferredSizeRowOptions.ExcludeHeaders

Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim size As Integer
size = FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetPreferredColumnWidth(2, FarPoint.Win.Spread.PreferredSizeColumnOptions.ExcludeHeaders Or FarPoint.Win.Spread.PreferredSizeColumnOptions.ExcludeSpans)
TextBox1.Text = size
End Sub
See Also

Reference

SheetView Class
SheetView Members
Overload List