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Factory Class
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The Factory class provides static methods for creating instances of IWorkbookSet and IWorkbook.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Class Factory
C# 
public class Factory

Example

C#Copy Code
class Program
{
   static void Main(string[] args)
   {
       // Create a new empty workbook set.
       SpreadsheetGear.IWorkbookSet workbookSet = SpreadsheetGear.Factory.GetWorkbookSet();
       // Create a new empty workbook in the workbook set.
       SpreadsheetGear.IWorkbook workbook = workbookSet.Workbooks.Add();
       // Get a reference to the first worksheet.
       SpreadsheetGear.IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets["Sheet1"];
       // Get a reference to the top left cell of Sheet1.
       SpreadsheetGear.IRange a1 = worksheet.Cells["A1"];
       // Set a formula.
       a1.Formula = "=24901.55 / PI()";
       // Output the result of the formula.
       System.Console.WriteLine("The diameter of the earth is " + a1.Value.ToString() + " miles.");
   }
}
    
Visual BasicCopy Code
Module Program
    Sub Main()
        ' Create a new empty workbook set.
        Dim workbookSet As SpreadsheetGear.IWorkbookSet = SpreadsheetGear.Factory.GetWorkbookSet()
        ' Create a new empty workbook in the workbook set.
        Dim workbook As SpreadsheetGear.IWorkbook = workbookSet.Workbooks.Add()
        ' Get a reference to the first worksheet.
        Dim worksheet As SpreadsheetGear.IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets("Sheet1")
        ' Get a reference to the top left cell of Sheet1.
        Dim a1 As SpreadsheetGear.IRange = worksheet.Cells("A1")
        ' Set a formula.
        a1.Formula = "=24901.55 / PI()"
        ' Output the result of the formula.
        Console.WriteLine(("The diameter of the earth is " + a1.Value.ToString() + " miles."))
    End Sub
End Module

Remarks

All static methods in Factory are thread safe.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   SpreadsheetGear.Factory

Requirements

Namespace: SpreadsheetGear

Platforms: x86 and x64 versions of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 (including R2) and Windows Server 2008 (including R2). SpreadsheetGear 2009 requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and supports .NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5.

Assembly: SpreadsheetGear (in SpreadsheetGear.dll)

See Also

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