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Factory Class
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The Factory class provides static methods for creating instances of IWorkbookSet and IWorkbook.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Class Factory
C# 
public class Factory

Example

C#Copy Code
class Program
{
   static void Main(string[] args)
   {
       // Create a new empty workbook set.
       SpreadsheetGear.IWorkbookSet workbookSet = SpreadsheetGear.Factory.GetWorkbookSet();
       // Create a new empty workbook in the workbook set.
       SpreadsheetGear.IWorkbook workbook = workbookSet.Workbooks.Add();
       // Get a reference to the first worksheet.
       SpreadsheetGear.IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets["Sheet1"];
       // Get a reference to the top left cell of Sheet1.
       SpreadsheetGear.IRange a1 = worksheet.Cells["A1"];
       // Set a formula.
       a1.Formula = "=24901.55 / PI()";
       // Output the result of the formula.
       System.Console.WriteLine("The diameter of the earth is " + a1.Value.ToString() + " miles.");
   }
}
    
Visual BasicCopy Code
Module Program
    Sub Main()
        ' Create a new empty workbook set.
        Dim workbookSet As SpreadsheetGear.IWorkbookSet = SpreadsheetGear.Factory.GetWorkbookSet()
        ' Create a new empty workbook in the workbook set.
        Dim workbook As SpreadsheetGear.IWorkbook = workbookSet.Workbooks.Add()
        ' Get a reference to the first worksheet.
        Dim worksheet As SpreadsheetGear.IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets("Sheet1")
        ' Get a reference to the top left cell of Sheet1.
        Dim a1 As SpreadsheetGear.IRange = worksheet.Cells("A1")
        ' Set a formula.
        a1.Formula = "=24901.55 / PI()"
        ' Output the result of the formula.
        Console.WriteLine(("The diameter of the earth is " + a1.Value.ToString() + " miles."))
    End Sub
End Module

Remarks

All static methods in Factory are thread safe.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   SpreadsheetGear.Factory

Requirements

Namespace: SpreadsheetGear

Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. SpreadsheetGear 2008 requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and supports .NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5.

Assembly: SpreadsheetGear (in SpreadsheetGear.dll)

See Also

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