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INames Interface
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SpreadsheetGear Namespace : INames Interface
Represents the collection of defined names in a workbook or worksheet.

Syntax

C# 
[DefaultMemberAttribute("Item")]
public interface INames

Example

C#Copy Code
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. 
        cells["B1"].Formula = "Jan"; 
        cells["C1"].Formula = "Feb"; 
        cells["D1"].Formula = "Mar"; 
        // Add row headers. 
        cells["A2"].Formula = "Jennifer"; 
        cells["A3"].Formula = "William"; 
        cells["A4"].Formula = "Kristen"; 
        // Add random data. 
        cells["B2:D4"].Formula = "=RAND()*10000"; 
        // Center the column headers. 
        cells["B1:D1"].HorizontalAlignment = SpreadsheetGear.HAlign.Center; 
        // Bold the row and column headers. 
        cells["B1:D1,A2:A4"].Font.Bold = true; 
        // Add defined names. 
        SpreadsheetGear.INames names = workbook.Names; 
        names.Add("Jan", "='2005 Sales'!$B$2:$B$4"); 
        names.Add("Feb", "='2005 Sales'!$C$2:$C$4"); 
        names.Add("Mar", "='2005 Sales'!$D$2:$D$4"); 
        names.Add("Sales", "='2005 Sales'!$B$2:$D$4"); 
        // Format sales data as currency. 
        cells["Sales"].NumberFormat = "$#,##0"; 
        // Sum each month. 
        cells["B5"].Formula = "=SUM(Jan)"; 
        cells["C5"].Formula = "=SUM(Feb)"; 
        cells["D5"].Formula = "=SUM(Mar)"; 
        // Format sums. 
        cells["B5:D5"].NumberFormat = "$#,##0"; 
        // Write the workbook. 
        workbook.SaveAs(@"C:\2005 Sales.xls", SpreadsheetGear.FileFormat.XLS97); 
    } 
} 
    
Visual BasicCopy Code
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.
        cells("B1").Formula = "Jan"
        cells("C1").Formula = "Feb"
        cells("D1").Formula = "Mar"
        ' Add row headers.
        cells("A2").Formula = "Jennifer"
        cells("A3").Formula = "William"
        cells("A4").Formula = "Kristen"
        ' Add random data.
        cells("B2:D4").Formula = "=RAND()*10000"
        ' Center the column headers.
        cells("B1:D1").HorizontalAlignment = SpreadsheetGear.HAlign.Center
        ' Bold the row and column headers.
        cells("B1:D1,A2:A4").Font.Bold = True
        ' Add defined names.
        Dim names As SpreadsheetGear.INames = workbook.Names
        names.Add("Jan", "='2005 Sales'!$B$2:$B$4")
        names.Add("Feb", "='2005 Sales'!$C$2:$C$4")
        names.Add("Mar", "='2005 Sales'!$D$2:$D$4")
        names.Add("Sales", "='2005 Sales'!$B$2:$D$4")
        ' Format sales data as currency.
        cells("Sales").NumberFormat = "$#,##0"
        ' Sum each month.
        cells("B5").Formula = "=SUM(Jan)"
        cells("C5").Formula = "=SUM(Feb)"
        cells("D5").Formula = "=SUM(Mar)"
        ' Format sums.
        cells("B5:D5").NumberFormat = "$#,##0"
        ' Write the workbook.
        workbook.SaveAs("2005 Sales.xls", SpreadsheetGear.FileFormat.XLS97)
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Program

Requirements

Namespace: SpreadsheetGear

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family. SpreadsheetGear for .NET 1.x requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 or 2.0. SpreadsheetGear for .NET 2006 requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.

Assembly: SpreadsheetGear (in SpreadsheetGear.dll)

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