SetText Method

Sets the formatted text in the cell on this sheet using the FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.IFormatter object for the cell.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Sub SetText( _
   ByVal row As Integer, _
   ByVal column As Integer, _
   ByVal value As String _
)

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

public void SetText( 
   int row,
   int column,
   string value
)

Parameters

row: Row index
column: Column index
value: Text for the specified cell

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Specified row index is out of range; must be between 0 and the total number of rows
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Specified column index is out of range; must be between 0 and the total number of columns

Remarks

Besides using this method, you can get or set the value 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 illustrates the use of this member by returning the text (formatted data) for the specified cell.

fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetText(0, 0, "FarPoint");
label1.Text = "The text in the first cell is - " + fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetText(0, 0);

Visual Basic

FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetText(0, 0, "FarPoint")
Label1.Text = "The text in the first cell is - " & FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetText(0, 0)

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

Reference

SheetView Class
SheetView Members
SetArray Method
SetClip Method
SetClipValue Method
SetValue Method
Cell.Text Property
Cell.Value Property

User-Task Documentation

Placing and Retrieving Data
Handling Data Using Sheet Methods