Referencing Excel cell and range in C# and VB.NET
You can reference an Excel cell or range of cells using either names (e.g. "A1") or indexes. If using indexes, you can specify absolute or relative position.
Once you reference an Excel cell range, you can merge cells it contains, set common properties such as cell style and formatting, or execute actions like calculating formulas on the cell range. You can also use cell range when configuring other objects like a chart's data source, print titles, and print area.
The following example shows various techniques for referencing ExcelCell
and CellRange
objects in C# and VB.NET, which can be used in the GemBox.Spreadsheet library.

using GemBox.Spreadsheet;
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
// If using Professional version, put your serial key below.
SpreadsheetInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
var workbook = new ExcelFile();
var worksheet = workbook.Worksheets.Add("Cell Referencing");
worksheet.Cells[0].Value = "Cell referencing examples:";
worksheet.Cells["B2"].Value = "Cell B2.";
worksheet.Cells[6, 0].Value = "Cell in row 7 and column A.";
worksheet.Rows[2].Cells[0].Value = "Cell in row 3 and column A.";
worksheet.Rows["4"].Cells["B"].Value = "Cell in row 4 and column B.";
worksheet.Columns[2].Cells[4].Value = "Cell in column C and row 5.";
worksheet.Columns["AA"].Cells["6"].Value = "Cell in AA column and row 6.";
// Referencing Excel row's cell range.
var cellRange = worksheet.Rows[7].Cells;
cellRange[0].Value = cellRange.IndexingMode.ToString();
cellRange[3].Value = "D8";
cellRange["B"].Value = "B8";
// Referencing Excel column's cell range.
cellRange = worksheet.Columns[7].Cells;
cellRange[0].Value = cellRange.IndexingMode.ToString();
cellRange[2].Value = "H3";
cellRange["5"].Value = "H5";
// Referencing arbitrary Excel cell range.
cellRange = worksheet.Cells.GetSubrange("I2", "L8");
cellRange.Style.Borders.SetBorders(MultipleBorders.Outside, SpreadsheetColor.FromArgb(0, 0, 128), LineStyle.Dashed);
cellRange["J7"].Value = cellRange.IndexingMode.ToString();
cellRange[0, 0].Value = "I2";
cellRange["J3"].Value = "J3";
cellRange[4].Value = "I3"; // Cell range width is 4 (I J K L).
// Set column widths and some print options (for a better look when exporting to PDF, XPS and printing).
var columnWidths = new double[] { 175, 174, 174, 24, double.NaN, double.NaN, double.NaN, 54, 19, 81 };
for (int i = 0; i < columnWidths.Length; i++)
if (!double.IsNaN(columnWidths[i]))
worksheet.Columns[i].SetWidth(columnWidths[i], LengthUnit.Pixel);
worksheet.PrintOptions.PrintGridlines = true;
worksheet.PrintOptions.PrintHeadings = true;
workbook.Save("Cell Referencing.%OutputFileType%");
}
}
Imports GemBox.Spreadsheet
Module Program
Sub Main()
' If using Professional version, put your serial key below.
SpreadsheetInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")
Dim workbook = New ExcelFile
Dim worksheet = workbook.Worksheets.Add("Cell Referencing")
worksheet.Cells(0).Value = "Cell referencing examples:"
worksheet.Cells("B2").Value = "Cell B2."
worksheet.Cells(6, 0).Value = "Cell in row 7 and column A."
worksheet.Rows(2).Cells(0).Value = "Cell in row 3 and column A."
worksheet.Rows("4").Cells("B").Value = "Cell in row 4 and column B."
worksheet.Columns(2).Cells(4).Value = "Cell in column C and row 5."
worksheet.Columns("AA").Cells("6").Value = "Cell in AA column and row 6."
' Referencing Excel row's cell range.
Dim cellRange = worksheet.Rows(7).Cells
cellRange(0).Value = cellRange.IndexingMode.ToString()
cellRange(3).Value = "D8"
cellRange("B").Value = "B8"
' Referencing Excel column's cell range.
cellRange = worksheet.Columns(7).Cells
cellRange(0).Value = cellRange.IndexingMode.ToString()
cellRange(2).Value = "H3"
cellRange("5").Value = "H5"
' Referencing arbitrary Excel cell range.
cellRange = worksheet.Cells.GetSubrange("I2", "L8")
cellRange.Style.Borders.SetBorders(MultipleBorders.Outside, SpreadsheetColor.FromArgb(0, 0, 128), LineStyle.Dashed)
cellRange("J7").Value = cellRange.IndexingMode.ToString()
cellRange(0, 0).Value = "I2"
cellRange("J3").Value = "J3"
cellRange(4).Value = "I3" ' Cell range width is 4 (I J K L).
' Set column widths and some print options (for a better look when exporting to PDF, XPS and printing).
Dim columnWidths = New Double() {175, 174, 174, 24, Double.NaN, Double.NaN, Double.NaN, 54, 19, 81}
For i As Integer = 0 To columnWidths.Length - 1
If Not Double.IsNaN(columnWidths(i)) Then worksheet.Columns(i).SetWidth(columnWidths(i), LengthUnit.Pixel)
Next
worksheet.PrintOptions.PrintGridlines = True
worksheet.PrintOptions.PrintHeadings = True
workbook.Save("Cell Referencing.%OutputFileType%")
End Sub
End Module
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Published: December 13, 2018 | Modified: September 10, 2020 | Author: Marek Turis