Syntax

Overloads ReadOnly Property Item( _
   ByVal reference As String _
) As IRange

IRange Item( 
   string reference
) {get;}

Example

C#

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class Program {    static void Main()    {        // Create a workbook.        SpreadsheetGear.IWorkbook workbook = SpreadsheetGear.Factory.GetWorkbook();        // Get the worksheet and change the name.        SpreadsheetGear.IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets["Sheet1"];        worksheet.Name = "2005 Sales";        // Get the worksheet cells reference.        SpreadsheetGear.IRange cells = worksheet.Cells;        // Add column headers using a string index into the cell range.        cells["B1"].Formula = "Jan";        cells["C1"].Formula = "Feb";        cells["D1"].Formula = "Mar";        // Add row headers using zero based row and column indexes.        cells[1, 0].Formula = "Jennifer";        cells[2, 0].Formula = "William";        cells[3, 0].Formula = "Kristen";        // Add random data using a multiple cell string index.        cells["B2:D4"].Formula = "=RAND()*10000";        // Center the column headers using multiple cell row and column indexes.        cells[0, 1, 0, 3].HorizontalAlignment = SpreadsheetGear.HAlign.Center;        // Bold the row and column headers using a string index to multiple ranges.        cells["B1:D1,A2:A4"].Font.Bold = true;        // Format the data as currency.        cells["B2:D4"].NumberFormat = "$#,##0";        // Write the workbook.        workbook.SaveAs("2005 Sales.xls", SpreadsheetGear.FileFormat.XLS97);    } }

Visual Basic

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Class Program     Shared Sub Main()         ' Create a workbook.         Dim workbook As SpreadsheetGear.IWorkbook = SpreadsheetGear.Factory.GetWorkbook()         ' Get the worksheet and change the name.         Dim worksheet As SpreadsheetGear.IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets("Sheet1")         worksheet.Name = "2005 Sales"         ' Get the worksheet cells reference.         Dim cells As SpreadsheetGear.IRange = worksheet.Cells         ' Add column headers using a string index into the cells range.         cells("B1").Formula = "Jan"         cells("C1").Formula = "Feb"         cells("D1").Formula = "Mar"         ' Add row headers using zero based row and column indexes.         cells(1, 0).Formula = "Jennifer"         cells(2, 0).Formula = "William"         cells(3, 0).Formula = "Kristen"         ' Add random data using a multiple cell string index.         cells("B2:D4").Formula = "=RAND()*10000"         ' Center the column headers using multiple cell row and column indexes.         cells(0, 1, 0, 3).HorizontalAlignment = SpreadsheetGear.HAlign.Center         ' Bold the row and column headers using a string index to multiple ranges.         cells("B1:D1,A2:A4").Font.Bold = True         ' Format the data as currency.         cells("B2:D4").NumberFormat = "$#,##0"         ' Write the workbook.         workbook.SaveAs("2005 Sales.xls", SpreadsheetGear.FileFormat.XLS97)     End Sub 'Main End Class 'Program

Requirements

Platforms: x86 and x64 versions of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 (including R2) and Windows Server 2008 (including R2). SpreadsheetGear 2009 requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and supports .NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5.

See Also

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