CellRange.BeginUpdateFormatting() Method

Starts modifying the cell range formatting.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

Declaration

C#

Formatting BeginUpdateFormatting()

VB.NET

Function BeginUpdateFormatting As Formatting

Returns

Type	Description
Formatting	A Formatting object representing the cell range formatting.

Example

This example demonstrates how to format cells in a worksheet.

• To format an individual cell, access the corresponding Cell object and modify its properties (for example Formatting.Font, Formatting.Fill, Formatting.Borders, Formatting.Alignment and Formatting.NumberFormat).
• To format a range of cells, access and modify the Formatting object via the CellRange.BeginUpdateFormatting - CellRange.EndUpdateFormatting paired methods.

View Example

FormattingActions.cs

// Access the cell to be formatted.
Cell cell = worksheet.Cells["B2"];

// Specify font settings (font name, color, size and style).
cell.Font.Name = "MV Boli";
cell.Font.Color = Color.Blue;
cell.Font.Size = 14;
cell.Font.FontStyle = SpreadsheetFontStyle.Bold;

// Specify cell background color.
cell.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightSkyBlue;

// Specify text alignment in the cell. 
cell.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Center;
cell.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Center;
// Access the range of cells to be formatted.
CellRange range = worksheet.Range["C3:E6"];

// Begin updating of the range formatting. 
Formatting rangeFormatting = range.BeginUpdateFormatting();

// Specify font settings (font name, color, size and style).
rangeFormatting.Font.Name = "MV Boli";
rangeFormatting.Font.Color = Color.Blue;
rangeFormatting.Font.Size = 14;
rangeFormatting.Font.FontStyle = SpreadsheetFontStyle.Bold;

// Specify cell background color.
rangeFormatting.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightSkyBlue;

// Specify text alignment in cells.
rangeFormatting.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Center;
rangeFormatting.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Center;

// End updating of the range formatting.
range.EndUpdateFormatting(rangeFormatting);

FormattingActions.vb

' Access the cell to be formatted.
Dim cell As Cell = worksheet.Cells("B2")

' Specify font settings (font name, color, size and style).
cell.Font.Name = "MV Boli"
cell.Font.Color = Color.Blue
cell.Font.Size = 14
cell.Font.FontStyle = SpreadsheetFontStyle.Bold

' Specify cell background color.
cell.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightSkyBlue

' Specify text alignment in the cell. 
cell.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Center
cell.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Center
' Access the range of cells to be formatted.
Dim range As CellRange = worksheet.Range("C3:E6")

' Begin updating of the range formatting. 
Dim rangeFormatting As Formatting = range.BeginUpdateFormatting()

' Specify font settings (font name, color, size and style).
rangeFormatting.Font.Name = "MV Boli"
rangeFormatting.Font.Color = Color.Blue
rangeFormatting.Font.Size = 14
rangeFormatting.Font.FontStyle = SpreadsheetFontStyle.Bold

' Specify cell background color.
rangeFormatting.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightSkyBlue

' Specify text alignment in cells.
rangeFormatting.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Center
rangeFormatting.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Center

' End updating of the range formatting.
range.EndUpdateFormatting(rangeFormatting)

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

web-dashboard-custom-info-exported-excel/CS/WebDashboardForm.aspx.cs#L44

sheet.MergeCells(sheet.Range.FromLTRB(5, 0, 8, 0));
Formatting formatting = textCell.BeginUpdateFormatting();
formatting.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightBlue;

wpf-spreadsheetcontrol-api-part-1/CS/SpreadsheetControl_WPF_API/SpreadsheetActions/FormattingActions.cs#L290

CellRange range = worksheet.Range["C3:H10"];
Formatting rangeFormatting = range.BeginUpdateFormatting();
rangeFormatting.Font.Color = Color.Blue;

spreadsheet-document-api-examples-part1/CS/SpreadsheetExamples/SpreadsheetActions/FormattingActions.cs#L234

CellRange range = worksheet.Range["C3:D4"];
Formatting rangeFormatting = range.BeginUpdateFormatting();
rangeFormatting.Font.Color = Color.Blue;

winforms-spreadsheetcontrol-api-part1/CS/SpreadsheetControl/SpreadsheetActions/FormattingActions.cs#L286

CellRange range = worksheet.Range["C3:H10"];
Formatting rangeFormatting = range.BeginUpdateFormatting();
rangeFormatting.Font.Color = Color.Blue;

asp-net-mvc-spreadsheet-modify-document/CS/DXWebApplication1/Controllers/HomeController.cs#L30

CellRange priceRange = worksheet.Range["C2:C15"];
Formatting rangeFormatting = priceRange.BeginUpdateFormatting();
rangeFormatting.Font.Color = Color.SandyBrown;

VB.NET

spreadsheet-document-api-examples-part1/VB/SpreadsheetExamples/SpreadsheetActions/FormattingActions.vb#L113

' Start to update the cell range formatting.
Dim rangeFormatting As Formatting = range.BeginUpdateFormatting()
' Specify font settings (font name, color, size and style).

web-dashboard-custom-info-exported-excel/VB/WebDashboardForm.aspx.vb#L46

sheet.MergeCells(sheet.Range.FromLTRB(5, 0, 8, 0))
Dim formatting As Formatting = textCell.BeginUpdateFormatting()
formatting.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightBlue

winforms-dashboard-customize-exported-document/VB/CustomExportDocumentExample/Form1.vb#L53

sheet.MergeCells(sheet.Range.FromLTRB(5, 0, 8, 0))
Dim formatting As Formatting = textCell.BeginUpdateFormatting()
formatting.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightBlue

wpf-spreadsheetcontrol-api-part-1/VB/SpreadsheetControl_WPF_API/SpreadsheetActions/FormattingActions.vb#L282

Dim range As CellRange = worksheet.Range("C3:H10")
Dim rangeFormatting As Formatting = range.BeginUpdateFormatting()
rangeFormatting.Font.Color = Color.Blue

winforms-spreadsheetcontrol-api-part1/VB/SpreadsheetControl/SpreadsheetActions/FormattingActions.vb#L279

Dim range As CellRange = worksheet.Range("C3:H10")
Dim rangeFormatting As Formatting = range.BeginUpdateFormatting()
rangeFormatting.Font.Color = Color.Blue