Cell.GetRtfContent(RtfCellContentExportOptions) Method

Gets cell content as a string in RTF format. Allows you to specify export options.

Assembly : DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v25.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

string GetRtfContent(
    RtfCellContentExportOptions options
)

Function GetRtfContent(
    options As RtfCellContentExportOptions
) As String

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	RtfCellContentExportOptions

A RtfCellContentExportOptions object that specifies export settings.

Returns

Type	Description
String

The string that contains cell content in RTF format.

Remarks

Use the GetRtfContent method to export cell content to RTF with the specified export options and obtain the result as a string.

The IgnoreDisplayFormat option allows you to specify whether to ignore the display format.

Example

The following snippet loads a document from a file and exports content from cell B3. The IgnoreDisplayFormat property is set to true:

using DevExpress.Spreadsheet;
using DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Export;
//... 

using (Workbook workbook = new Workbook()) {
    workbook.LoadDocument("Documents\\Document.xlsx", DocumentFormat.Xlsx);
    workbook.Calculate();
    Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

    Cell cell = worksheet[4, 1]; //B3
    RtfCellContentExportOptions rtfExportOptions = new RtfCellContentExportOptions();
    rtfExportOptions.IgnoreDisplayFormat = true;
    string rtfContentString = cell.GetRtfContent(rtfExportOptions);
}

Imports DevExpress.Spreadsheet
Imports DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Export
'... 

Using workbook As New Workbook()
    workbook.LoadDocument("Documents\Document.xlsx", DocumentFormat.Xlsx)
    workbook.Calculate()
    Dim worksheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)

    Dim cell As Cell = worksheet(4, 1) 'B3
    Dim rtfExportOptions As New RtfCellContentExportOptions()
    rtfExportOptions.IgnoreDisplayFormat = True
    Dim rtfContentString As String = cell.GetRtfContent(rtfExportOptions)
End Using

The resulting HTML string looks as follows:

ets

{\rtf1\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0 Calibri;}}{\colortbl;}{\fs22 cell with conditional formatting}}