Cell.GetRtfContent() Method

Gets cell content as a string in RTF format.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v25.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

Declaration

C#

string GetRtfContent()

VB.NET

Function GetRtfContent As String

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.

C#

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);
}

VB

Imports DevExpress.Spreadsheet
Imports DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Export
'... 
Using workbook As New Workbook()
    workbook.LoadDocument("Documents\Document.xlsx", DocumentFormat.Xlsx)
    workbook.Calculate()

    Dim worksheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
    Dim cell As Cell = worksheet(3, 1) 'B2
    Dim rtfContentString As String = cell.GetRtfContent(htmlExportOptions)
End Using

The resulting string looks as follows:

{\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}}