Sets whether the specified columns on this sheet should show a sort indicator when automatically sorted.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overloads Sub SetColumnShowSortIndicator( _ ByVal column As Integer, _ ByVal count As Integer, _ ByVal showIndicator As Boolean _ )

Visual Basic (Usage)	Copy Code
Dim instance As SheetView Dim column As Integer Dim count As Integer Dim showIndicator As Boolean instance.SetColumnShowSortIndicator(column, count, showIndicator)

C#
public void SetColumnShowSortIndicator( int column, int count, bool showIndicator )

Parameters

column: Index of the first column that is set
count: Number of columns to set
showIndicator: Whether to display the sort indicators in the column headers

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Specified column index is out of range; must be between -1 and the total number of columns

Remarks

This method must be called before the user does an AutoSortColumn. Otherwise, the sort indicator is displayed and remains displayed.

Example

This example sets the sort indicator for the specified column header if automatic sorting is allowed.

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Random r = new Random(); int i, j; DialogResult dlg; bool b; for (i = 0; i <= 200; i++) { for (j = 0; j<=3; j++) fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetValue(i, j, r.Next().ToString()); } fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetColumnShowSortIndicator(0, 4, false); fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(0); dlg = MessageBox.Show("Do you want to see the sort indicator?", "SetColumnShowSortIndicator", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo); if (dlg == DialogResult.Yes) { fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetColumnShowSortIndicator(0, 4, true); fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(0); fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(1); fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(2); fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(3); b = fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetColumnShowSortIndicator(0); label1.Text = "The GetColumnShowSortIndicator for column 0 = " + b.ToString(); }

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Random r = new Random();
int i, j;
DialogResult dlg;
bool b;
for (i = 0; i <= 200; i++)
{
    for (j = 0; j<=3; j++)
        fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetValue(i, j, r.Next().ToString());
}
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetColumnShowSortIndicator(0, 4,  false);
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(0);
dlg = MessageBox.Show("Do you want to see the sort indicator?", "SetColumnShowSortIndicator", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo);
if (dlg == DialogResult.Yes)
{
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetColumnShowSortIndicator(0, 4, true);
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(0);
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(1);
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(2);
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(3);
    b = fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetColumnShowSortIndicator(0);
    label1.Text = "The GetColumnShowSortIndicator for column 0 =  " + b.ToString();
}

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Dim r As New Random() Dim i, j As Integer Dim dlg As DialogResult Dim b As Boolean For i = 0 To 20 For j = 0 To 4 FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetValue(i, j, r.Next.ToString()) Next j Next i FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetColumnShowSortIndicator(0, 4, False) FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(0) dlg = MessageBox.Show("Do you want to see the sort indicator?", "SetColumnShowSortIndicator", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) If dlg = DialogResult.Yes Then FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetColumnShowSortIndicator(0, 4, True) FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(0) FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(1) FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(2) FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(3) b = FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetColumnShowSortIndicator(0) Label1.Text = "The GetColumnShowSortIndicator for column 0 = " & b.ToString() End If

Visual Basic

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Dim r As New Random()
Dim i, j As Integer
Dim dlg As DialogResult
Dim b As Boolean
For i = 0 To 20
    For j = 0 To 4
        FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetValue(i, j, r.Next.ToString())
    Next j
Next i
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetColumnShowSortIndicator(0, 4, False)
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(0)
dlg = MessageBox.Show("Do you want to see the sort indicator?", "SetColumnShowSortIndicator", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo)
If dlg = DialogResult.Yes Then
    FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetColumnShowSortIndicator(0, 4, True)
    FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(0)
    FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(1)
    FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(2)
    FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.AutoSortColumn(3)
    b = FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetColumnShowSortIndicator(0)
    Label1.Text = "The GetColumnShowSortIndicator for column 0 =  " & b.ToString()
End If

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2