FormControlCollection.AddComboBox(CellRange) Method

Creates a combo box form control at the specified cell range.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

Declaration

C#

ComboBoxFormControl AddComboBox(
    CellRange targetRange
)

VB.NET

Function AddComboBox(
    targetRange As CellRange
) As ComboBoxFormControl

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
targetRange	CellRange	The cell range where the form control should be located.

Returns

Type	Description
ComboBoxFormControl	The combo box form control.

Remarks

Example

The code sample below creates a combo box control:

C#

using DevExpress.Spreadsheet;

Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
workbook.LoadDocument("Document.xlsx");
var cellRange = workbook.Worksheets[0].Range["B2:D2"];
var comboBoxControl = formControls.AddComboBox(cellRange);
comboBoxControl.DropDownLines = 3;
comboBoxControl.SourceRange = workbook.Worksheets[0].Range["E2:E6"];
comboBoxControl.SelectedIndex = 1;

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Dim workbook As New Workbook()
workbook.LoadDocument("Document.xlsx")
Dim cellRange = workbook.Worksheets(0).Range("B2:D2")
Dim comboBoxControl = formControls.AddComboBox(cellRange)
comboBoxControl.DropDownLines = 3
comboBoxControl.SourceRange = workbook.Worksheets(0).Range("E2:E6")
comboBoxControl.SelectedIndex = 1

Note

The FormControlCollection.AddComboBox method call adds a new item to both FormControlCollection and ShapeCollection.

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C#

winforms-spreadsheetcontrol-api-part-3/CS/SpreadsheetControl_API_Part03/CodeExamples/FormControlActions.cs#L24

var comboCellRange = workbook.Worksheets[0].Range["B4:C4"];
var comboBoxControl = formControls.AddComboBox(comboCellRange);
comboBoxControl.DropDownLines = 3;

spreadsheet-document-api-examples-part3/CS/Spreadsheet_Document_Api_Part_3/CodeExamples/FormControlActions.cs#L25

var comboCellRange = workbook.Worksheets[0].Range["B4:C4"];
var comboBoxControl = formControls.AddComboBox(comboCellRange);
comboBoxControl.DropDownLines = 3;

VB.NET

winforms-spreadsheetcontrol-api-part-3/VB/SpreadsheetControl_API_Part03/CodeExamples/FormControlActions.vb#L21

Dim comboCellRange = workbook.Worksheets(CInt((0))).Range("B4:C4")
Dim comboBoxControl = formControls.AddComboBox(comboCellRange)
comboBoxControl.DropDownLines = 3