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Cell.GetHtmlContent() Method

Gets cell content as a string in HTML format.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v24.1.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:

<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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