compareType Method

Gets or sets the rule compare type.

Syntax

Javascript (Usage)
Javascript (Specification)

var instance = new GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.Condition(conditionType, args);
var returnValue; // Type: any
returnValue = instance.compareType(value);

function compareType( 
   value : undefined
) : any;

Parameters

value: The rule compare type.

Return Value

If no value is set, returns the rule compare type; otherwise, returns the condition.

Example

The following examples use the compareType method.

Javascript

var nCondition = new GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.Condition(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.ConditionType.numberCondition);
nCondition.compareType(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.GeneralComparisonOperators.greaterThan);
nCondition.expected(5);
var validator = new GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.DefaultDataValidator(nCondition);
validator.type(GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.CriteriaType.custom);
activeSheet.getCell(0, 0, GC.Spread.Sheets.SheetArea.viewport).validator(validator);
spread.options.highlightInvalidData = true;
activeSheet.setValue(0, 0, 5);

Javascript

var nCondition = new GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.Condition(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.ConditionType.dateCondition);
nCondition.compareType(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.DateCompareType.before);
nCondition.expected(new Date(2012, 11, 31));
var validator = new GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.DefaultDataValidator(nCondition);
validator.type(GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.CriteriaType.custom);
activeSheet.getCell(0, 0, GC.Spread.Sheets.SheetArea.viewport).validator(validator);
spread.options.highlightInvalidData = true;
activeSheet.setValue(0, 0, new Date(2012, 12, 12));

Javascript

var nCondition = new GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.Condition(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.ConditionType.textCondition);
nCondition.compareType(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.TextCompareType.contains);
nCondition.expected("test");
var validator = new GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.DefaultDataValidator(nCondition);
validator.type(GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.CriteriaType.custom);
activeSheet.getCell(0, 0, GC.Spread.Sheets.SheetArea.viewport).validator(validator);
spread.options.highlightInvalidData = true;
activeSheet.setValue(0, 0, "testing");

Javascript

var textLengthCondition = new GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.Condition(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.ConditionType.textLengthCondition);
textLengthCondition.compareType(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.GeneralComparisonOperators.greaterThan);
textLengthCondition.expected(5);
var validator = new GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.DefaultDataValidator(textLengthCondition);
validator.type(GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.CriteriaType.custom);
activeSheet.getCell(0, 0, GC.Spread.Sheets.SheetArea.viewport).validator(validator);
spread.options.highlightInvalidData = true;
activeSheet.setValue(0, 0, "abcf");

Javascript

var nCondition = new GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.Condition(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.ConditionType.cellValueCondition);
nCondition.compareType(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.GeneralComparisonOperators.greaterThan);
nCondition.formula("$C$1");
var validator = new GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.DefaultDataValidator(nCondition);
validator.type(GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.CriteriaType.custom);
activeSheet.getCell(0, 0, GC.Spread.Sheets.SheetArea.viewport).validator(validator);
spread.options.highlightInvalidData = true;
activeSheet.setValue(0, 0, 5);
activeSheet.setValue(0, 2, 4);

Javascript

activeSheet.suspendPaint();
var rowFilter = new GC.Spread.Sheets.Filter.HideRowFilter(new GC.Spread.Sheets.Range(-1, 0, -1, 1));
activeSheet.rowFilter(rowFilter);
activeSheet.getCell(0, 0).value("A1").backColor("blue");
activeSheet.getCell(1, 0).value("A2").backColor("yellow");
activeSheet.getCell(2, 0).value("A3").backColor("red");
activeSheet.getCell(3, 0).value("A4").backColor("green");
activeSheet.getCell(4, 0).value("A5").backColor("yellow");
var nCondition = new GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.Condition(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.ConditionType.colorCondition);
nCondition.compareType(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.ColorCompareType.backgroundColor);
nCondition.expected("yellow");
var filter = activeSheet.rowFilter();
filter.addFilterItem(0, nCondition);
filter.filter(0);
activeSheet.resumePaint();

Javascript

var condition1 = new GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.Condition(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.ConditionType.dateCondition, {compareType: GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.DateCompareType.afterEqualsTo, expected: new Date(2012, 11, 31)});
var condition2 = new GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.Condition(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.ConditionType.dateCondition, {compareType: GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.DateCompareType.beforeEqualsTo, expected: new Date(2013, 11, 31)});
var nCondition = new GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.Condition(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.ConditionType.relationCondition);
nCondition.compareType(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.LogicalOperators.and);
nCondition.item1(condition1);
nCondition.item2(condition2);
var validator = new GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.DefaultDataValidator(nCondition);
validator.type(GC.Spread.Sheets.DataValidation.CriteriaType.custom);
activeSheet.getCell(0, 0, GC.Spread.Sheets.SheetArea.viewport).validator(validator);
spread.options.highlightInvalidData = true;
activeSheet.setValue(0, 0, new Date(2012, 11, 25));

Remarks

The rule compare type can be GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.LogicalOperators, GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.GeneralComparisonOperators, GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.TextCompareType, GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.ColorCompareType, or GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.DateCompareType.

Reference

Condition type