Gets a string that contains a relative reference to this column in the current reference style.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overloads Function ToString( _ ByVal relativeTo As Column _ ) As String

Visual Basic (Usage)	Copy Code
Dim instance As Column Dim relativeTo As Column Dim value As String value = instance.ToString(relativeTo)

C#
public string ToString( Column relativeTo )

Parameters

relativeTo: Column to use for computing the relative reference

Return Value

String containing a relative reference to this column in the current reference style

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentNullException	Column is not specified or is not valid; must provide a valid Column object

Remarks

Header columns always return String.Empty because they cannot be referenced.

Example

This example uses the Formula property to sum two values and places the result in the appropriate cell.

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FarPoint.Win.Spread.Column col, col1, col2; col = fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns[0]; col.CellType = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.NumberCellType(); col1 = fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns[2]; col2 = fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns[3]; fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[2, 3].Value = 10; fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[2, 2].Value = 10; col.Formula = "SUM(" + col1.ToString(col2) + "," + col2.ToString(col1) + ")";

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FarPoint.Win.Spread.Column col, col1, col2;
col = fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns[0];
col.CellType = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.NumberCellType();
col1 = fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns[2];
col2 = fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns[3];
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[2, 3].Value = 10;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[2, 2].Value = 10;
col.Formula = "SUM(" + col1.ToString(col2) + "," + col2.ToString(col1) + ")";

Visual Basic	Copy Code
Dim col, col1, col2 As FarPoint.Win.Spread.Column col = FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns(0) col.CellType = New FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.NumberCellType() col1 = FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns(2) col2 = FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns(3) FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells(2, 3).Value = 10 FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells(2, 2).Value = 10 col.Formula = "SUM(" + col1.ToString(col2) + "," + col2.ToString(col1) + ")"

Visual Basic

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Dim col, col1, col2 As FarPoint.Win.Spread.Column
col = FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns(0)
col.CellType = New FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.NumberCellType()
col1 = FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns(2)
col2 = FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns(3)
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells(2, 3).Value = 10
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells(2, 2).Value = 10
col.Formula = "SUM(" + col1.ToString(col2) + "," + col2.ToString(col1) + ")"

Requirements

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