GetPreferredColumnWidth(Int32,Boolean) Method

Gets the width of the widest cell (based on text content) in the specified column on this sheet.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function GetPreferredColumnWidth( _
   ByVal column As Integer, _
   ByVal ignoreHeaders As Boolean _
) As Single

'Usage
 
Dim instance As SheetView
Dim column As Integer
Dim ignoreHeaders As Boolean
Dim value As Single
 
value = instance.GetPreferredColumnWidth(column, ignoreHeaders)

public float GetPreferredColumnWidth( 
   int column,
   bool ignoreHeaders
)

Parameters

column: Column index
ignoreHeaders: Whether to ignore column header cells

Return Value

Single-precision, floating-point number of pixels of the width of the cell with the widest text in the row

Remarks

Be sure to read the remarks in the Overload List for this method.

Example

float size;
size = fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetPreferredColumnWidth(0, true);
listBox1.Items.Add(size.ToString())

Visual Basic

Dim f As Integer
i = FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetPreferredColumnWidth(0, True)
ListBox1.Items.Add(i.ToString())

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

Reference

SheetView Class
SheetView Members
Overload List