Spread Windows Forms 12.0 Product Documentation
Storing Excel Summary and View
Spread Windows Forms 12.0 Product Documentation > Developer's Guide > Managing File Operations > Storing Excel Summary and View

You can store and display the essential information for the workbook using the Properties dialog. The following tabs can be used to accomplish this task:

Using the Spread Designer

In order to access the DocumentProperties dialog through Spread Designer, you can select the Properties option available in the File Menu.

Using Code

This example code shows how to use a Document Properties Form to store the summary and review information.

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//Get Workbook from fpSpread1
GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.Workbook workbook = fpSpread1.AsWorkbook();
//Call the DocumentPropertiesForm
FarPoint.Win.Spread.DocumentPropertiesForm form = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.DocumentPropertiesForm(workbook);
form.Show();
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'Get Workbook from fpSpread1
Dim workbook As GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.Workbook = fpSpread1.AsWorkbook()
'Call the DocumentPropertiesForm
Dim form As FarPoint.Win.Spread.DocumentPropertiesForm = New FarPoint.Win.Spread.DocumentPropertiesForm(workbook)
form.Show()

The DocumentProperties property in the FpSpread class represents all the properties of the spread document that can be get or set by the users.

Using Code

This example code shows how to store the Excel summary and review information using DocumentProperties property.

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//Set the view type for the sheetview
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].View = GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.SheetViewType.PageLayout;
//Set the Excel summary properties using Spread's "DocumentProperties" API
fpSpread1.DocumentProperties.Title = "Spread Grapecity";
fpSpread1.DocumentProperties.Creator = "Grapecity";
fpSpread1.DocumentProperties.Version = "12.0.0.0";
fpSpread1.DocumentProperties.Description = "Test values for Excel summary";
fpSpread1.DocumentProperties.Application = "Test Application";
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'Set the view type for the sheetview
fpSpread1.Sheets(0).View = GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.SheetViewType.PageLayout
'Set the Excel summary properties using Spread's "DocumentProperties" API
fpSpread1.DocumentProperties.Title = "Spread Grapecity"
fpSpread1.DocumentProperties.Creator = "Grapecity"
fpSpread1.DocumentProperties.Version = "12.0.0.0"
fpSpread1.DocumentProperties.Description = "Test values for Excel summary"
fpSpread1.DocumentProperties.Application = "Test Application"