The sample demonstrates how to provide a dropdownlist for valid data
using System; using Spire.Xls; namespace DropDownList { class Program { private static void CreateSampleData(Worksheet sheet) { sheet.Range["D8"].Text = "Country"; //set the datasource of the E8 sheet.Range["X1"].Text = "Lucy"; sheet.Range["X2"].Text = "Bolivia"; sheet.Range["X3"].Text = "Brazil"; sheet.Range["X4"].Text = "Canada"; sheet.Range["X5"].Text = "Chile"; sheet.Range["X6"].Text = "Colombia"; sheet.Range["X7"].Text = "Cuba"; sheet.Range["X8"].Text = "Ecuador"; sheet.Range["X9"].Text = " Salvado"; sheet.Range["X10"].Text = "Guyana"; sheet.Range["X11"].Text = "Jamaicatates"; sheet.Range["X12"].Text = "Mexico"; sheet.Range["X13"].Text = "Nicaragua"; sheet.Range["X14"].Text = "Paraguay"; sheet.Range["X15"].Text = "Peru"; sheet.Range["X16"].Text = "United"; sheet.Range["X17"].Text = "Uruguay"; sheet.Range["X18"].Text = "Venezuel"; CellRange rangeName = sheet.Range["E8"]; rangeName.DataValidation.AllowType = CellDataType.Formula; rangeName.DataValidation.DataRange = sheet.Range["X1:X18"]; rangeName.DataValidation.IgnoreBlank = true; rangeName.Activate(); //hide column X sheet.HideColumn(sheet.Range["X1"].Column); sheet.Range["D10"].Text = "Capital"; //set the datasource of the E9 sheet.Range["Y1"].Text = "Buenos Aires"; sheet.Range["Y2"].Text = "La Paz"; sheet.Range["Y3"].Text = "Brasilia"; sheet.Range["Y4"].Text = "Ottawa"; sheet.Range["Y5"].Text = "Santiago"; sheet.Range["Y6"].Text = "Bagota"; sheet.Range["Y7"].Text = "Havana"; sheet.Range["Y8"].Text = "Quito"; sheet.Range["Y9"].Text = "San Salvador"; sheet.Range["Y10"].Text = "Georgetown"; sheet.Range["Y11"].Text = "Kingston"; sheet.Range["Y12"].Text = "Mexico City"; sheet.Range["Y13"].Text = "Managua"; sheet.Range["Y14"].Text = "Asuncion"; sheet.Range["Y15"].Text = "Lima"; sheet.Range["Y16"].Text = "Washington"; sheet.Range["Y17"].Text = "Montevideo"; sheet.Range["Y18"].Text = "Caracas"; //Binding the datasource CellRange rangeCapital = sheet.Range["E10"]; rangeCapital.DataValidation.AllowType = CellDataType.Formula; rangeCapital.DataValidation.DataRange = sheet.Range["Y1:Y18"]; rangeCapital.DataValidation.IsSuppressDropDownArrow = false; rangeCapital.Activate(); //hide coulumn Y sheet.HideColumn(sheet.Range["Y1"].Column); sheet.Range["D12"].Text = "Continent"; //set the datasource of the F9 CellRange rangeContinent = sheet.Range["E12"]; rangeContinent.DataValidation.AllowType = CellDataType.Formula; rangeContinent.DataValidation.Values = new String[] { "South America", "North America" }; rangeContinent.DataValidation.IsSuppressDropDownArrow = false; rangeContinent.Activate(); //Set the column's width sheet.Range["E8"].Text = "Please select the country"; sheet.Range["E10"].Text = "Please select the capital"; sheet.Range["E12"].Text = "Please select the con tinent"; sheet.AutoFitColumn(4); sheet.AutoFitColumn(5); //Style sheet.Range["D8:D12"].Style.Font.IsBold = true; sheet.Range["D8"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.Color36; sheet.Range["D10"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.Color36; sheet.Range["D12"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.Color36; sheet.Range["E8"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightGreen1; sheet.Range["E10"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightGreen1; sheet.Range["E12"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightGreen1; sheet.SetRowHeight(8, 16); sheet.SetRowHeight(10, 16); sheet.SetRowHeight(12, 16); } static void Main(string[] args) { //Build the workbook Workbook workbook = new Workbook(); workbook.CreateEmptySheets(1); Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0]; sheet.GridLinesVisible = false; //Write sample data CreateSampleData(sheet); workbook.SaveToFile("test.xls"); System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(workbook.FileName); } } }
Imports Spire.Xls Module Module1 Private Sub CreateSampleData(ByVal sheet As Worksheet) sheet.Range("D8").Text = "Country" 'Set the datasource of D9 sheet.Range("X1").Text = "Lucy" sheet.Range("X2").Text = "Bolivia" sheet.Range("X3").Text = "Brazil" sheet.Range("X4").Text = "Canada" sheet.Range("X5").Text = "Chile" sheet.Range("X6").Text = "Colombia" sheet.Range("X7").Text = "Cuba" sheet.Range("X8").Text = "Ecuador" sheet.Range("X9").Text = " Salvado" sheet.Range("X10").Text = "Guyana" sheet.Range("X11").Text = "Jamaicatates" sheet.Range("X12").Text = "Mexico" sheet.Range("X13").Text = "Nicaragua" sheet.Range("X14").Text = "Paraguay" sheet.Range("X15").Text = "Peru" sheet.Range("X16").Text = "United" sheet.Range("X17").Text = "Uruguay" sheet.Range("X18").Text = "Venezue" 'Binding the datasource of D9 Dim rangeCountry As CellRange = sheet.Range("E8") rangeCountry.DataValidation.AllowType = CellDataType.Formula rangeCountry.DataValidation.DataRange = sheet.Range("X1:X18") rangeCountry.DataValidation.IsSuppressDropDownArrow = False rangeCountry.DataValidation.IgnoreBlank = True rangeCountry.Activate() sheet.HideColumn(sheet.Range("X1").Column) sheet.Range("D10").Text = "Capital" 'Set the datasource of E9 sheet.Range("Y1").Text = "Buenos Aires" sheet.Range("Y2").Text = "La Paz" sheet.Range("Y3").Text = "Brasilia" sheet.Range("Y4").Text = "Ottawa" sheet.Range("Y5").Text = "Santiago" sheet.Range("Y6").Text = "Bagota" sheet.Range("Y7").Text = "Havana" sheet.Range("Y8").Text = "Quito" sheet.Range("Y9").Text = "San Salvador" sheet.Range("Y10").Text = "Georgetown" sheet.Range("Y11").Text = "Kingston" sheet.Range("Y12").Text = "Mexico City" sheet.Range("Y13").Text = "Managua" sheet.Range("Y14").Text = "Asuncion" sheet.Range("Y15").Text = "Lima" sheet.Range("Y16").Text = "Washington" sheet.Range("Y17").Text = "Montevideo" sheet.Range("Y18").Text = "Caracas" 'Binding the datasource of E9 Dim rangeCapital As CellRange = sheet.Range("E10") rangeCapital.DataValidation.AllowType = CellDataType.Formula rangeCapital.DataValidation.DataRange = sheet.Range("Y1:Y18") rangeCapital.DataValidation.IsSuppressDropDownArrow = False rangeCapital.DataValidation.IgnoreBlank = True rangeCapital.Activate() sheet.HideColumn(sheet.Range("Y1").Column) sheet.Range("D12").Text = "Continent" 'Set the datasource of F9 Dim rangeContinent As CellRange = sheet.Range("E12") rangeContinent.DataValidation.AllowType = CellDataType.Formula rangeContinent.DataValidation.Values = New String() {"South America", "North America"} rangeContinent.DataValidation.IsSuppressDropDownArrow = False rangeContinent.Activate() 'Set the width of the column sheet.Range("E8").Text = "Please select the country " sheet.Range("E10").Text = "Please select the capital " sheet.Range("E12").Text = "Please select the continent " sheet.AutoFitColumn(4) sheet.AutoFitColumn(5) 'Style sheet.Range("D8:D12").Style.Font.IsBold = True sheet.Range("D8").Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.Color36 sheet.Range("D10").Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.Color36 sheet.Range("D12").Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.Color36 sheet.Range("E8").Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightGreen1 sheet.Range("E10").Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightGreen1 sheet.Range("E12").Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightGreen1 sheet.SetRowHeight(8, 16) sheet.SetRowHeight(10, 16) sheet.SetRowHeight(12, 16) End Sub Sub Main() Dim workbook As Workbook = New Workbook() workbook.CreateEmptySheet(1) Dim sheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0) sheet.GridLinesVisible = False 'Writes sample data CreateSampleData(sheet) workbook.SaveToFile("test.xls") System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(workbook.FileName) End Sub End Module