ignoreBlank Method

Gets or sets whether to ignore the blank cell.

Syntax

Javascript (Usage)
Javascript (Specification)

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

function ignoreBlank( 
   value : boolean
) : any;

Parameters

value: Whether to ignore the blank cell.

Return Value

If no value is set, returns whether to ignore the blank cell; otherwise, returns the condition.

Example

The following examples use the ignoreBlank method.

Javascript

var nCondition = new GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.Condition(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.ConditionType.dateCondition, {compareType: GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.DateCompareType.before, expected: new Date(2012, 11, 31)});
nCondition.ignoreBlank(true);
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("te?t");
nCondition.ignoreBlank(true);
nCondition.ignoreCase(true);
nCondition.useWildCards(true);
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 nCondition = new GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.Condition(GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.ConditionType.formulaCondition, {customValueType: GC.Spread.Sheets.ConditionalFormatting.CustomValueType.formula, formula: "A1>0"});
nCondition.ignoreBlank(false);
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, -4);

Reference

Condition type