GetText Method

Gets the formatted text in the cell on this sheet using the FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.IFormatter object for the cell.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Function GetText( _
   ByVal row As Integer, _
   ByVal column As Integer _
) As String

'Usage
 
Dim instance As SheetView
Dim row As Integer
Dim column As Integer
Dim value As String
 
value = instance.GetText(row, column)

public string GetText( 
   int row,
   int column
)

Parameters

row: Row index
column: Column index

Return Value

String containing the text in the cell, formatted using the cell's formatter

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Specified row index is out of range; must be between 0 and the total number of rows
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Specified column index is out of range; must be between 0 and the total number of columns

Remarks

Besides using this method, you can get or set the value in a cell using various properties of the sheet (SheetView object) or properties of the cell (Cell object). For more information, see Handling Data Using Sheet Methods and Handling Data Using Cell Properties.

Remember that the data may be displayed differently in a cell depending on the cell type. For more information, see Understanding Cell Type Effects on Displaying Data.

Example

This example illustrates the use of this member by returning the text (formatted data) for the specified cell.

fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetText(0, 0, "FarPoint");
label1.Text = "The text in the first cell is - " + fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetText(0, 0);

Visual Basic

FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetText(0, 0, "FarPoint")
Label1.Text = "The text in the first cell is - " & FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetText(0, 0)

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
GetArray Method
GetClip Method
Cell.Text Property
GetValue Method

User-Task Documentation

Handling Data Using Sheet Methods