DataValidation.Criteria2 Property

Gets or sets the value used in the criterion for the data validation.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

Declaration

C#

ValueObject Criteria2 { get; set; }

VB.NET

Property Criteria2 As ValueObject

Property Value

Type	Description
ValueObject	A ValueObject instance.

Remarks

The Criteria2 value is used only as one of the bounds for DataValidationOperator.Between and DataValidationOperator.NotBetween operators. For other types, you can set the Criteria2 to ValueObject.Empty or simply omit the corresponding parameter when creating the data validation entry via the DataValidationCollection.Add method.

The content specified by the Criteria2 property can be a formula, a constant, a worksheet cell or range.

Since the ValueObject class provides implicit constructors for most types, you can assign a numerical, text, boolean or DateTime value directly to the Criteria2 property. For the worksheet range or formula, use the ValueObject.FromRange or ValueObject.FromFormula methods, respectively.

Example

View Example

DataValidationActions.cs

workbook.LoadDocument("Documents\\DataValidation.xlsx");
Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

// Restrict data entry to a number within limits.
DataValidation validation = worksheet.DataValidations.Add(worksheet["F4:F11"], DataValidationType.Decimal, DataValidationOperator.Between, 10, 40);

// Change the validation operator and criteria.
// Range F4:F11 should contain numbers greater than or equal 20.
validation.Operator = DataValidationOperator.GreaterThanOrEqual;
validation.Criteria = 20;
validation.Criteria2 = ValueObject.Empty;

// Highlight data validation ranges.
int[] MyColorScheme = new int[] { 0xFFC4C4, 0xFFD9D9, 0xFFF6F6, 0xFFECEC, 0xE9D3D3 };
for (int i = 0; i < worksheet.DataValidations.Count; i++)
{
    worksheet.DataValidations[i].Range.FillColor = Color.FromArgb(MyColorScheme[i]);
}

DataValidationActions.vb

workbook.LoadDocument("Documents\DataValidation.xlsx")
Dim worksheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)

' Restrict data entry to a number within limits.
Dim validation As DataValidation = worksheet.DataValidations.Add(worksheet("F4:F11"), DataValidationType.Decimal, DataValidationOperator.Between, 10, 40)

' Change the validation operator and criteria.
' Range F4:F11 should contain numbers greater than or equal 20.
validation.Operator = DataValidationOperator.GreaterThanOrEqual
validation.Criteria = 20
validation.Criteria2 = ValueObject.Empty

' Highlight data validation ranges.
Dim MyColorScheme() As Integer = { &HFFC4C4, &HFFD9D9, &HFFF6F6, &HFFECEC, &HE9D3D3 }
For i As Integer = 0 To worksheet.DataValidations.Count - 1
    worksheet.DataValidations(i).Range.FillColor = Color.FromArgb(MyColorScheme(i))
Next i

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-spreadsheetcontrol-api-part-3/CS/SpreadsheetControl_API_Part03/CodeExamples/DataValidationActions.cs#L61

validation.Criteria = 20;
validation.Criteria2 = ValueObject.Empty;

spreadsheet-document-api-examples-part3/CS/Spreadsheet_Document_Api_Part_3/CodeExamples/DataValidationActions.cs#L72

validation.Criteria = 20;
validation.Criteria2 = ValueObject.Empty;

VB.NET

winforms-spreadsheetcontrol-api-part-3/VB/SpreadsheetControl_API_Part03/CodeExamples/DataValidationActions.vb#L51

validation.Criteria = 20
validation.Criteria2 = DevExpress.Spreadsheet.ValueObject.Empty
' Highlight data validation ranges.

spreadsheet-document-api-examples-part3/VB/Spreadsheet_Document_Api_Part_3/CodeExamples/DataValidationActions.vb#L73

validation.Criteria = 20
validation.Criteria2 = ValueObject.Empty