Retrieving the Text in Headers

You can use client-side scripting in Spread to retrieve the text from the headers using code similar to this example. The following code gets the text on the client side.

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<script language="javascript"> function retheadtext() { var span = FpSpread1.all("FpSpread1_colHeader"); var table = span.firstChild; var tr = table.rows(0); alert("Text in column header 3 is " + tr.cells(2).innerText); span = FpSpread1.all("FpSpread1_rowHeader"); table = span.firstChild; alert("Text in row header 2 is " + table.rows(1).cells(0).innerText); // We have one hidden row on the client to account for } </script>

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<script language="javascript">
  function retheadtext() {
    var span = FpSpread1.all("FpSpread1_colHeader");
    var table = span.firstChild;
    var tr = table.rows(0);
    alert("Text in column header 3 is " + tr.cells(2).innerText);
    span = FpSpread1.all("FpSpread1_rowHeader");
    table = span.firstChild;
    alert("Text in row header 2 is " + table.rows(1).cells(0).innerText);
    // We have one hidden row on the client to account for
  }
</script>

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