MinColumnWidth Property

Sets or returns a value in inches indicating how small columns can be in the Excel document. Larger values reduce number of columns in a sheet.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property MinColumnWidth As System.Single

public System.float MinColumnWidth {get; set;}

Property Value

Single. The default value is 0.1.

Remarks

This is typically the single most important variable to tweak when exporting to Excel.

Example

GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Excel.Section.XlsExport docexp = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Excel.Section.XlsExport();
docexp.AutoRowHeight = true;
docexp.DisplayGridLines = true;
docexp.FileFormat = GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Excel.Section.FileFormat.Xls95; //or Xls97Plus or Xlsx
docexp.MinColumnWidth = 3;
docexp.MinRowHeight = 1;
docexp.MultiSheet = true;
docexp.RemoveVerticalSpace = true;
docexp.UseCellMerging = false;
docexp.Export(this.viewer1.Document, Application.StartupPath + "\\x.xls");

Visual Basic

Dim docexp As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Excel.Section.XlsExport()
docexp.AutoRowHeight=True
docexp.DisplayGridLines=True
docexp.FileFormat=GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Excel.Section.FileFormat.Xls95 'Or Xls97Plus
docexp.MinColumnWidth=3
docexp.MinRowHeight=1
docexp.MultiSheet=True
docexp.RemoveVerticalSpace=True
docexp.UseCellMerging=False
docexp.Export(Me.viewer1.Document, Application.StartupPath + "\x.xls")

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

Reference

XlsExport Class
XlsExport Members