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Getting the Cell Value | Manipulating cells

Getting the Cell Value
To get the formatted text for a cell you can call toString method on the value returned from getValueAt. For example:
String text = grid.getValueAt( 1, 1 ).toString();
To get the unformatted value of the cell use the getCellValueAt method as in:
Object val = grid.getCellValueAt( 1, 1 );
Note that the getValueAt will return a DsCell object if there has been any cell properties set on the cell.
Manipulating cells
There are many ways to specify cells and make changes to them. The following are similar ways to do this. The examples in the tutorial will use a variety of them.

Select a cell and modify that cell. 

grid.setRow( 1 );
grid.setCol( 2 );
grid.getCell().setFontUnderline( DsConstants.DOUBLE );
Select and modify a range of cells. 
grid.setRow( 0 );
grid.setCol( 0 );
grid.setRow2( 1 );
grid.setCol2( 2 );
grid.getCells().setFontStrikeThrough( true );
Modify a cell at a given row, column without selecting it 
grid.getCellAt( 1, 2 ).setForeground( Color.blue );
Modify a range of cells without selecting them. A range of cells is specified by a bounding box by indicating the row, column of the upper left cell and the lower right cell. Those cells are also included in the range. The example below is the same 
grid.getCells( 1, 2, 2, 3 ).setBackground( Color.yellow );
Modify all cells in specified rows. The following will set the vertical alignment for all cells in rows 1 and 2. 
grid.getRows( 1, 2 ).setVerticalAlignment( DsConstants.BOTTOM );
Modify all cells in a specified columns. The following will set the horizontal alignment for all cells in columns 1 and 2. 
grid.getColumns( 1, 2 ).setHorizontalAlignment( DsConstants.CENTER );
Adding formulas to cells
Formulas (mathematical expressions) can easily be added to any cell. Over 115 functions are available to be used in the expression. The expression syntax and formulas are compatible with the leading spreadsheets on the market. 
grid.setFormulaAt( "sum(A1:B1)", 0, 2 );
grid.setFormulaAt( "sum(A2:B2)", 1, 2 );
  

Table of Contents

Overview

Working with Cells

Cell Data Types and Formatting

Selection and Working with Blocks of Cells

Working with Rows and Columns

Row and Column Headers

Loading and Saving Data and TableModels

Printing

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