XlCondFmtRuleSpecificText Class

Represents “A Text That Contains…” conditional formatting rule.

Namespace: DevExpress.Export.Xl

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v18.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public class XlCondFmtRuleSpecificText :
    XlCondFmtRuleWithFormatting

VB.NET

Public Class XlCondFmtRuleSpecificText
    Inherits XlCondFmtRuleWithFormatting

Remarks

The conditional formatting rule specified by the XlCondFmtRuleSpecificText object highlights cells based on the text they contain.

Example

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/xl-export-api-examples-t253492

ConditionalFormattingActions.cs

// Create an instance of the XlConditionalFormatting class. 
XlConditionalFormatting formatting = new XlConditionalFormatting();
// Specify the cell range to which the conditional formatting rule should be applied (B2:B7).
formatting.Ranges.Add(XlCellRange.FromLTRB(1, 1, 1, 6));
// Create the rule to highlight cells that contain the given text.
XlCondFmtRuleSpecificText rule = new XlCondFmtRuleSpecificText(XlCondFmtSpecificTextType.Contains, "worldwide");
// Specify formatting settings to be applied to cells if the condition is true.
rule.Formatting = XlCellFormatting.Neutral;
formatting.Rules.Add(rule);
// Add the specified format options to the worksheet collection of conditional formats.
sheet.ConditionalFormattings.Add(formatting);

ConditionalFormattingActions.vb

' Create an instance of the XlConditionalFormatting class. 
Dim formatting As New XlConditionalFormatting()
' Specify the cell range to which the conditional formatting rule should be applied (B2:B7).
formatting.Ranges.Add(XlCellRange.FromLTRB(1, 1, 1, 6))
' Create the rule to highlight cells that contain the given text.
Dim rule As New XlCondFmtRuleSpecificText(XlCondFmtSpecificTextType.Contains, "worldwide")
' Specify formatting settings to be applied to cells if the condition is true.
rule.Formatting = XlCellFormatting.Neutral
formatting.Rules.Add(rule)
' Add the specified format options to the worksheet collection of conditional formats.
sheet.ConditionalFormattings.Add(formatting)

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C#

excel-export-api-examples-t253492/CS/XLExportExamples/SpreadsheetActions/ConditionalFormattingActions.cs#L397

// Create the rule to highlight cells that contain the given text.
XlCondFmtRuleSpecificText rule = new XlCondFmtRuleSpecificText(XlCondFmtSpecificTextType.Contains, "worldwide");
// Specify formatting settings to be applied to cells if the condition is true.

VB.NET

excel-export-api-examples-t253492/VB/XLExportExamples/SpreadsheetActions/ConditionalFormattingActions.vb#L396

' Create the rule to highlight cells that contain the given text.
Dim rule As New XlCondFmtRuleSpecificText(XlCondFmtSpecificTextType.Contains, "worldwide")
' Specify formatting settings to be applied to cells if the condition is true.

Inheritance

Object

XlCondFmtRule

XlCondFmtRuleWithFormatting

XlCondFmtRuleSpecificText