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Key Features

Spread Windows Forms introduces some powerful features which are described in the following table.

Area

Overview

Reference

Designer

Visually design components and create prototype

Spread Designer Guide

Spreadsheet Objects

Status Bar

Adding a Status Bar

Create multiple viewports (pane)

Customizing Viewports

Sheet

Use multiple sheets

Working with Multiple Sheets

Change sheet name tab

Customizing the Sheet Name Tabs

Add a title and subtitle

Adding a Title and Subtitle to a Sheet

Customize the top left cell

Customizing the Sheet Corner Appearance

Set a style using skin

Customizing the Overall Component Appearance

Add a footer to the bottom of sheet

Displaying a Footer for Columns or Groups

Add a table

Tables

Row and Column

Change background color of odd row only

Creating Alternating Rows

Display multiple columns and rows in header

Creating a Header with Multiple Rows or Columns

Specify a non-scrollable area

Setting Fixed (Frozen) Rows or Columns

Display grouped data

Managing Grouping of Rows of User Data

Filtering the data

Managing Filtering of Rows of User Data

Display supplement information in a row

Setting up Preview Rows

Sort data in ascending or descending order

Managing Sorting of Rows of User Data

Create a row range or column range that can be expanded and collapsed

Managing Outlines (Range Groups) of Rows and Columns

Cell

Change display character of column header cell


Use a cell type that matches the format or data type

Cell Types

Search for a specific cell

Customizing User Searching of Data

Merge multiple cells

Creating a Span of Cells

Display string in cell's tooltip

Adding a Note to a Cell

Determine cell format according to the result of conditional operation

Using Conditional Formatting of Cells

Shape

Add a shape to a sheet

Customizing Drawing

Capture content in any cell range

Creating Camera Shapes

Support for adding and customizing shapes and group shapes

Working With Shapes (Enhanced Shape Engine)

Chart

Add a chart to a sheet

Chart Control

Sparklines

Display a small graph in a cell

Sparklines

Add Sparklines Using Methods

Add Sparklines Using Methods

Add Sparklines Using Formulas

Add Sparklines using Formulas

Edit

Allow edit mode remains on for any cell

Understanding Edit Mode in a Cell

Validate user input

Using Validation

Set initial value to a cell

Placing and Retrieving Data

Perfrom automatic calculation based on input value

Formulas in Cells

Display formula text box (formula bar)

Working with the Formula Text Box

Display name box

Setting up the Name Box

Perform input by drag and drop

Filling Cells with Drag and Drop

Define external variable

Creating and Using External Variable

Excel

Load an Excel file

Opening an Excel File

Save to Excel file

Saving to an Excel File

Print

Print using printing option

Printing

Print in PDF format

Printing to PDF

Data Binding

Bind a data source

Binding to Data

Display relational data hierarchically

Working with Hierarchical Data Display

User Operation

Allow multiple row selection

Specifying What the User Can Select

Set clipboard data by copy and paste operation

Customizing Clipboard Operation Options

Get cursor position

Locating the Pointer Using HitTest

Customize the behavior of undo and redo

Customizing Undo and Redo Actions

Customize keyboard operation

Keyboard Interaction

Sort a row by clicking column header

Allowing the User to Automatically Sort Rows

Use on a tablet

Touch Support with the Component

Render

Make it look like a visual style

Using XP Themes with the Component

Text rendering using GDI

Text Rendering with GDI

See Also

Understanding the Product

Product Overview