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Cell.GetHtmlContent() Method

Gets cell content as a string in HTML format.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

#Declaration

string GetHtmlContent()

#Returns

Type Description
String

The string that contains cell content in HTML format.

#Remarks

Use the GetHtmlContent method to export cell content to HTML and obtain the result as a string.

#Example

The following snippet loads a document from a file and exports content from cell B2. The cell contains rich-formatted text with 3 text runs.

using DevExpress.Spreadsheet;
using DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Export;
//... 
using (Workbook workbook = new Workbook()) {
    workbook.LoadDocument("Documents\\Document.xlsx", DocumentFormat.Xlsx);
    workbook.Calculate();

    Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
    Cell cell = worksheet[3, 1]; //B2
    string htmlContentString = cell.GetHtmlContent(htmlExportOptions);
}

Spreadsheet - Rich Text

The resulting HTML string looks as follows:

plaintext
<font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;color:#C59FC9;">Rich </font>
<font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;color:#2C608E;">text </font>
<font style="font-family:Castellar;font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;color:#2F244F;">formatting</font>
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