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Spread Windows Forms and Filtering
You can use filtering to display data that meets specific criteria. This makes it easier to find and view a subset of the data. Spread Windows Forms supports enhanced row filtering. You can use the...
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Automatic Completion and Spread Windows Forms
You may wish to provide a list of items for the user to select to speed up typing or data entry. You can use automatic completion (type ahead) for user input in the cell with Spread for Windows Forms....
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Spread Windows Forms and Sorting
You may wish to sort data so that certain types of data are displayed first. Spread Windows Forms allows you to sort data by clicking on a column header or with code. You can set the spreadsheet to...
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GPA Calculator for Spread Winforms
One of the main advantages of Spread is its ability to help you design and create calculation-based applications quickly and easily with little code. To demonstrate these capabilities, let’s use...
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Data Bar Rule with Spread Windows Forms
You can use a data bar rule in Spread Windows Forms to make it easier to see differences in the range of data. The data bar rule uses a bar that is displayed as the background for each cell. The length...
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Spread Windows Forms and Undo Redo
Spread Windows Forms allows you to undo or redo various actions performed by the end user. This can be useful for restoring deleted text and other actions. You can use the UndoAction class and several...
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Spread Windows Forms and Grouping
You can make data in a spreadsheet easier to read by organizing the data in groups. Spread Windows Forms supports grouping and allows you to add group footers. With grouping, you can allow the user to...
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Windows Forms Employee Data Table Binding
Data tables are a useful tool for organizing information in an easily-accessible manner. Spread incorporates these tables without the use of confusing code and excessive logic, providing a simple and...
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Winforms Subeditor and Captions
When creating large spreadsheets, information can be hard to convey without enlarging cells or spanning multiple row and columns. It could be useful to hide information from the user until it is...
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MultiRow Template Designer
You can use the MultiRow template designer to design the layout of your data. The template items can be placed in any order. This allows you to display one record in multiple rows and requires less...
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Adding a Ribbon to Spread for Winforms
The Windows Forms Spread control brings powerful grid tools and features to desktop applications that users can run on their computer. In the Spread Designer, it is easy to create and format...
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Spread Windows Forms and Printing
Spread Windows Forms supports printing to a PDF file or previewing the output before printing. This allows you to check the data and layout before printing, which can save paper. This example saves the...
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Spread Windows Forms and Visual Studio 2015
You can use Spread Windows Forms in Visual Studio 2015. Use the following steps to add a Spread control to a project in Visual Studio 2015. Start Visual Studio .NET. From the File menu, choose New,...
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You can drag and drop data from a Spread control to another Spread control using drag events such as DragEnter, DragOver, and DragDrop. Drag and drop requires fewer steps than copy and paste. The...
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Spread Windows Forms and GcNumber Cell
Number cells can be used to only allow number values in a cell. This saves time by requiring less validation. Spread for Windows Forms has two number cells. The original number cell supports fractions...
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Spread Windows Forms Designer and the GcNumber Cell
You can create a GcNumber cell with the Spread Designer. This saves time when creating a cell. Open the Spread Designer. Select a cell or cells in the design area. Under the Home menu, select GcNumber...
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Spread Windows Forms and Diagonal Borders
You may wish to draw attention to a cell. You can do this with diagonal lines in a cell or cell border with Spread for WinForms. You can use the ComplexBorder class to create diagonal border lines for...
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MultiRow and Merging
MultiRow allows automatic merging of cells. Cells are merged when the cell values placed in the row are the same in vertically, adjacent rows. This helps reduce visual clutter and makes the data easier...
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Spread Windows Forms and the GcTextBox Cell
You can create a text cell that displays text and allows you to specify patterns of allowed characters. Text cells are useful if you want to restrict the type of data the user can type in the cell. The...
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Spread Windows Forms and the GcDateTime Cell
You can create a GcDateTime cell that displays date and time values. This can be useful if you want to restrict the type of data the user can type in the cell. The GcDateTimeCellType is part of the...
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