The Spread control on your form already has a sheet, ready for you to configure. In this step, you are going to set up the columns and cells in the sheet to resemble a checkbook register.
Using Code
- Double-click on the form in your project to open the code window.
- In the Form Load event, type the following code:
This code sets up the control to be 300 pixels high and 763 pixels wide, and the sheet to have 8 columns and 100 rows.
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// Set up control and rows and columns in sheet.
fpSpread1.Height = 330;
fpSpread1.Width = 765;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].ColumnCount = 8;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].RowCount = 100;
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' Set up control and rows and columns in sheet.
FpSpread1.Height = 330
FpSpread1.Width = 765
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).ColumnCount = 8
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).RowCount = 100
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Now we need to set up the columns to have custom headings. Add the following code below the code you added in Step 2:
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// Add text to column heading. fpSpread1.Sheets[0].ColumnHeader.Cells[0, 0].Text = "Check #"; fpSpread1.Sheets[0].ColumnHeader.Cells[0, 1].Text = "Date"; fpSpread1.Sheets[0].ColumnHeader.Cells[0, 2].Text = "Description"; fpSpread1.Sheets[0].ColumnHeader.Cells[0, 3].Text = "Tax?"; fpSpread1.Sheets[0].ColumnHeader.Cells[0, 4].Text = "Cleared?"; fpSpread1.Sheets[0].ColumnHeader.Cells[0, 5].Text = "Debit"; fpSpread1.Sheets[0].ColumnHeader.Cells[0, 6].Text = "Credit"; fpSpread1.Sheets[0].ColumnHeader.Cells[0, 7].Text = "Balance"; |
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' Add text to column heading. FpSpread1.Sheets(0).ColumnHeader.Cells(0, 0).Text = "Check #" FpSpread1.Sheets(0).ColumnHeader.Cells(0, 1).Text = "Date" FpSpread1.Sheets(0).ColumnHeader.Cells(0, 2).Text = "Description" FpSpread1.Sheets(0).ColumnHeader.Cells(0, 3).Text = "Tax?" FpSpread1.Sheets(0).ColumnHeader.Cells(0, 4).Text = "Cleared?" FpSpread1.Sheets(0).ColumnHeader.Cells(0, 5).Text = "Debit" FpSpread1.Sheets(0).ColumnHeader.Cells(0, 6).Text = "Credit" FpSpread1.Sheets(0).ColumnHeader.Cells(0, 7).Text = "Balance" |
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Now set up the column widths to properly display our headings and the data you will add. Add the following code below the code you added in Step 3:
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// Set column widths.
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Columns[0].Width = 50;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Columns[1].Width = 50;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Columns[2].Width = 175;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Columns[3].Width = 40;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Columns[4].Width = 65;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Columns[5].Width = 100;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Columns[6].Width = 100;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Columns[7].Width = 125;
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' Set column widths.
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Columns(0).Width = 50
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Columns(1).Width = 50
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Columns(2).Width = 175
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Columns(3).Width = 40
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Columns(4).Width = 65
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Columns(5).Width = 100
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Columns(6).Width = 100
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Columns(7).Width = 125
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Save your project, then from the Debug menu choose Start to run your project.
Your form should look similar to the following picture.
