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DocumentProperties.Custom Property

Provides access to the custom document properties associated with a workbook.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

#Declaration

DocumentCustomProperties Custom { get; }

#Property Value

Type Description
DocumentCustomProperties

A DocumentCustomProperties object that represents all the custom document properties for a workbook.

#Remarks

Use the Custom property to specify custom properties for a spreadsheet document. To set a value of the desired custom property, use the DocumentCustomProperties.Item property.

To remove all the user-defined properties from a workbook, use the DocumentCustomProperties.Clear method.

Note

Custom properties implementation is based on Standard ECMA-376 Office Open XML File Formats Part 4: Markup Language Reference §7.3 Custom Properties.

#Example

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// Set the custom document properties.
workbook.DocumentProperties.Custom["Revision"] = 3;
workbook.DocumentProperties.Custom["Completed"] = true;
workbook.DocumentProperties.Custom["Published"] = DateTime.Now;
// Display the specified custom properties in a worksheet.
IEnumerable<string> customPropertiesNames = workbook.DocumentProperties.Custom.Names;
int rowIndex = 2;
foreach (string propertyName in customPropertiesNames)
{
    worksheet[rowIndex, 1].Value = propertyName;
    worksheet[rowIndex, 2].Value = workbook.DocumentProperties.Custom[propertyName];
    if (worksheet[rowIndex, 2].Value.IsDateTime)
        worksheet[rowIndex, 2].NumberFormat = "[$-409]m/d/yyyy h:mm AM/PM";
    rowIndex++;
}

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