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Cell.GetRtfContent() Method

Gets cell content as a string in RTF format.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

#Declaration

string GetRtfContent()

#Returns

Type Description
String

The string that contains cell content in RTF format.

#Remarks

Use the GetRtfContent method to export cell content to RTF and obtain the result as a string.

#Example

The following snippet loads a document from a file and exports contents of 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 rtfContentString = cell.GetRtfContent(htmlExportOptions);
}

Spreadsheet - Rich Text

The resulting string looks as follows:

plaintext
{\rtf1\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0 Calibri;}{\f1 Arial;}{\f2 Tahoma;}{\f3 Castellar;}}{\colortbl;\red197\green159\blue201;\red44\green96\blue142;\red47\green36\blue79;}{\cf1\f1\fs28 Rich }{\cf2\f2\fs28 text }{\cf3\f3\fs28 formatting}}
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