ColumnDataTypeCollection.Item[Int32] Property

Gets or sets the data type of a specific column in the imported text document.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Import

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v19.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public ColumnDataType this[int columnIndex] { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Item(columnIndex As Integer) As ColumnDataType

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
columnIndex	Int32	A zero-based index of the column in the imported document whose data type should be set or obtained.

Property Value

Type	Description
ColumnDataType	A ColumnDataType enumeration value which defines the data type of the specified column.

Available values:

Name	Description
General	Specifies that the type of column values should be recognized automatically based on the column content (numeric values will be converted to numbers, date values to dates, etc.).
Numeric	Specifies that column values should be interpreted as numbers. If conversion fails, column values are treated as strings.
DateTime	Specifies that column values should be interpreted as date and time values. If conversion fails, column values are treated as strings.
Boolean	Specifies that column values should be interpreted as boolean values. If conversion fails, column values are treated as strings.
Error	Specifies that column values should be interpreted as errors. If conversion fails, column values are treated as strings.
Text	Specifies that column values should be interpreted as text and corresponding cells will be formatted as text, so that anything you type into these cells will be treated as text including numbers.

Remarks

The following example demonstrates how to use the Item property of the ColumnDataTypeCollection collection (accessible from the CsvDocumentImporterOptions.ColumnTypes property) to specify a data type of the first column in a CSV document being loaded into the SpreadsheetControl.

C#

private void SpreadsheetControl_BeforeImport(object sender, SpreadsheetBeforeImportEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.DocumentFormat == DocumentFormat.Csv)
    {
        DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Import.CsvDocumentImporterOptions options = (DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Import.CsvDocumentImporterOptions)e.Options;
        // Specify the data format for the first column in the imported document.
        options.ColumnTypes[0] = DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Import.ColumnDataType.Text;
    }
}

VB.NET

Private Sub SpreadsheetControl_BeforeImport(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As SpreadsheetBeforeImportEventArgs)
    If e.DocumentFormat = DocumentFormat.Csv Then
        Dim options As DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Import.CsvDocumentImporterOptions = CType(e.Options, DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Import.CsvDocumentImporterOptions)
        ' Specify the data format for the first column in the imported document.
        options.ColumnTypes(0) = DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Import.ColumnDataType.Text
    End If
End Sub