FormControlCollection.AddGroupBox(Cell, Single, Single) Method

Creates a group box form control so that the top left corner of the group box is located at the specified cell.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

Declaration

C#

GroupBoxFormControl AddGroupBox(
    Cell topLeftCell,
    float width,
    float height
)

VB.NET

Function AddGroupBox(
    topLeftCell As Cell,
    width As Single,
    height As Single
) As GroupBoxFormControl

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
topLeftCell	Cell	A cell where the top left corner of the form control is located.
width	Single	The form control width.
height	Single	The form control height.

Returns

Type	Description
GroupBoxFormControl	The group box form control.

Remarks

Example

The code sample below creates a group box control:

C#

using DevExpress.Spreadsheet;

Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
workbook.LoadDocument("Document.xlsx");

var topLeftCell = workbook.Worksheets[0].Cells["B2"];
var groupBox = formControls.AddGroupBox(topLeftCell, 600, 400);
groupBox.PlainText = "Group Box";

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Dim workbook As New Workbook()
workbook.LoadDocument("Document.xlsx")

Dim topLeftCell = workbook.Worksheets(0).Cells("B2")
Dim groupBox = formControls.AddGroupBox(topLeftCell, 600, 400)
groupBox.PlainText = "Group Box"

Note

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