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Gridlines are the faint lines used to distinguish cells in an Excel worksheet. With gridlines, users can easily distinguish the boundaries of each cell and read data in an organized manner. But in certain cases, those gridlines can be quite distracting. In this article, you will learn how to programmatically show or hide/remove gridlines in an Excel worksheet using Spire.XLS for .NET.
Install Spire.XLS for .NET
To begin with, you need to add the DLL files included in the Spire.XLS for .NET package as references in your .NET project. The DLL files can be either downloaded from this link or installed via NuGet.
PM> Install-Package Spire.XLS
Hide or Show Gridlines in Excel
The detailed steps are as follows.
- Create a Workbook object.
- Load a sample Excel document using Workbook.LoadFromFile() method.
- Get a specified worksheet using Workbook.Worksheets[] property.
- Hide or show gridlines in the specified worksheet using Worksheet.GridLinesVisible property.
- Save the result file using Workbook.SaveToFile() method.
- C#
- VB.NET
using Spire.Xls;
namespace RemoveGridlines
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Create a Workbook object
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
//Load a sample Excel document
workbook.LoadFromFile(@"E:\Files\Test.xlsx");
//Get the first worksheet
Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
//Hide gridlines in the specified worksheet
worksheet.GridLinesVisible = false;
//Show gridlines in the specified worksheet
//worksheet.GridLinesVisible = true;
//Save the document
workbook.SaveToFile("Gridlines.xlsx", ExcelVersion.Version2010);
}
}
}
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Charts are used to display series of numeric data in a graphical format to make it easier to understand large quantities of data and the relationship between different series of data. This article talks about how to create scatter chart via Spire.XLS.
To create a Scatter Chart, execute the following steps.
Step 1: Create a new Excel document and get the first sheet.
Workbook workbook = new Workbook(); workbook.CreateEmptySheets(1); Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
Step 2: Rename the first sheet and set the grid lines invisible.
sheet.Name = "Scatter Chart"; sheet.GridLinesVisible = false;
Step 3: Create a scatter chart and set data region for it.
Chart chart = sheet.Charts.Add(ExcelChartType.ScatterMarkers); chart.DataRange = sheet.Range["B2:B10"]; chart.SeriesDataFromRange = false;
Step 4: Set position and title for the chart.
chart.LeftColumn = 1; chart.TopRow = 6; chart.RightColumn = 9; chart.BottomRow = 25; chart.ChartTitle = "Scatter Chart"; chart.ChartTitleArea.IsBold = true; chart.ChartTitleArea.Size = 12;
Step 5: Add data to the excel range.
sheet.Range["A1"].Value = "Y(Salary)"; sheet.Range["A2"].Value = "42763"; sheet.Range["A3"].Value = "195387"; sheet.Range["A4"].Value = "35672"; sheet.Range["A5"].Value = "217637"; sheet.Range["A6"].Value = "74734"; sheet.Range["A7"].Value = "130550"; sheet.Range["A8"].Value = "42976"; sheet.Range["A9"].Value = "15132"; sheet.Range["A10"].Value = "54936"; sheet.Range["B1"].Value = "X(Car Price)"; sheet.Range["B2"].Value = "19455"; sheet.Range["B3"].Value = "93965"; sheet.Range["B4"].Value = "20858"; sheet.Range["B5"].Value = "107164"; sheet.Range["B6"].Value = "34036"; sheet.Range["B7"].Value = "87806"; sheet.Range["B8"].Value = "17927"; sheet.Range["B9"].Value = "61518"; sheet.Range["B10"].Value = "29479";
Step 6: Set style color for the range.
sheet.Range["A2:B2"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightOrange; sheet.Range["A3:B3"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightYellow; sheet.Range["A4:B4"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightOrange; sheet.Range["A5:B5"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightYellow; sheet.Range["A6:B6"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightOrange; sheet.Range["A7:B7"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightYellow; sheet.Range["A8:B8"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightOrange; sheet.Range["A9:B9"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightYellow; sheet.Range["A10:B10"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightOrange;
Step 7: Set number format for cell ranges.
sheet.Range["A2:B10"].Style.NumberFormat = "\"$\"#,##0";
Step 8: Set data for axis x y.
chart.Series[0].CategoryLabels = sheet.Range["A2:A10"]; chart.Series[0].Values = sheet.Range["B2:B10"];
Step 9: Add a trend line.
chart.Series[0].TrendLines.Add(TrendLineType.Exponential);
Step 10: Add axis title.
chart.PrimaryValueAxis.Title = "Salary"; chart.PrimaryCategoryAxis.Title = "Car Price";
Step 11: Save and review.
workbook.SaveToFile("XYChart.xlsx", FileFormat.Version2013);
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("XYChart.xlsx");
Screenshot:
Full code:
using Spire.Xls;
namespace CreateExcelScatterChart
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
workbook.CreateEmptySheets(1);
Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
sheet.Name = "Scatter Chart";
sheet.GridLinesVisible = false;
Chart chart = sheet.Charts.Add(ExcelChartType.ScatterMarkers);
chart.DataRange = sheet.Range["B2:B10"];
chart.SeriesDataFromRange = false;
chart.LeftColumn = 1;
chart.TopRow = 6;
chart.RightColumn = 9;
chart.BottomRow = 25;
chart.ChartTitle = "Scatter Chart";
chart.ChartTitleArea.IsBold = true;
chart.ChartTitleArea.Size = 12;
sheet.Range["A1"].Value = "Y(Salary)";
sheet.Range["A2"].Value = "42763";
sheet.Range["A3"].Value = "195387";
sheet.Range["A4"].Value = "35672";
sheet.Range["A5"].Value = "217637";
sheet.Range["A6"].Value = "74734";
sheet.Range["A7"].Value = "130550";
sheet.Range["A8"].Value = "42976";
sheet.Range["A9"].Value = "15132";
sheet.Range["A10"].Value = "54936";
sheet.Range["B1"].Value = "X(Car Price)";
sheet.Range["B2"].Value = "19455";
sheet.Range["B3"].Value = "93965";
sheet.Range["B4"].Value = "20858";
sheet.Range["B5"].Value = "107164";
sheet.Range["B6"].Value = "34036";
sheet.Range["B7"].Value = "87806";
sheet.Range["B8"].Value = "17927";
sheet.Range["B9"].Value = "61518";
sheet.Range["B10"].Value = "29479";
sheet.Range["A2:B2"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightOrange;
sheet.Range["A3:B3"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightYellow;
sheet.Range["A4:B4"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightOrange;
sheet.Range["A5:B5"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightYellow;
sheet.Range["A6:B6"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightOrange;
sheet.Range["A7:B7"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightYellow;
sheet.Range["A8:B8"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightOrange;
sheet.Range["A9:B9"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightYellow;
sheet.Range["A10:B10"].Style.KnownColor = ExcelColors.LightOrange;
sheet.Range["A2:B10"].Style.NumberFormat = "\"$\"#,##0";
chart.Series[0].CategoryLabels = sheet.Range["A2:A10"];
chart.Series[0].Values = sheet.Range["B2:B10"];
chart.Series[0].TrendLines.Add(TrendLineType.Exponential);
chart.PrimaryValueAxis.Title = "Salary";
chart.PrimaryCategoryAxis.Title = "Car Price";
workbook.SaveToFile("XYChart.xlsx", FileFormat.Version2013);
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("XYChart.xlsx");
}
}
}
A bubble chart is generally used to display the relationship between 3 parameters. For example, you can use bubble chart to show relation between Number of product, Sales volume and Market share. Unlike other charts, a bubble chart does not use a category axis - both horizontal and vertical axes are value axes.
As a powerful component, Spire.Presentation supports to insert various kinds of charts in PowerPoint including bubble chart. In this article, I made an example to show how to create bubble chart with custom data using Spire.Presentation in C#, VB.NET.
Main Steps:
Step 1: Initialize a new instance of Presentation class.
Presentation pres = new Presentation();
Step 2: Insert chart, set chart title and set the type of chart as Bubble.
RectangleF rect1 = new RectangleF(40, 40, 550, 320); IChart chart = pres.Slides[0].Shapes.AppendChart(ChartType.Bubble, rect1, false); chart.ChartTitle.TextProperties.Text = "Bubble Chart"; chart.ChartTitle.TextProperties.IsCentered = true; chart.ChartTitle.Height = 30; chart.HasTitle = true;
Step 3: Define a group of arrays.
Double[] xdata = new Double[] { 7.7, 8.9, 1.0, 2.4 };
Double[] ydata = new Double[] { 15.2, 5.3, 6.7, 8 };
Double[] size = new Double[] { 1.1, 2.4, 3.7, 4.8 };
Step 4: Attach the data to chart. You can use the property chart.ChartData[rowIndex, columnIndex].Text to get/set the text value, use the property chart.ChartData[rowIndex, columnIndex].Value to get/set numeric value. Here I insert values in predefined arrays to the data chart.
chart.ChartData[0, 0].Text = "X-Value";
chart.ChartData[0, 1].Text = "Y-Value";
chart.ChartData[0, 2].Text = "Size";
for (Int32 i = 0; i < xdata.Length; ++i)
{
chart.ChartData[i + 1, 0].Value = xdata[i];
chart.ChartData[i + 1, 1].Value = ydata[i];
chart.ChartData[i + 1, 2].Value = size[i];
}
Step 5: Set the Series label.
chart.Series.SeriesLabel = chart.ChartData["B1","B1"];
Step 6: Assign data to X axis, Y axis and Bubbles.
chart.Series[0].XValues = chart.ChartData["A2", "A5"]; chart.Series[0].YValues = chart.ChartData["B2", "B5"]; chart.Series[0].Bubbles.Add(chart.ChartData["C2"]); chart.Series[0].Bubbles.Add(chart.ChartData["C3"]); chart.Series[0].Bubbles.Add(chart.ChartData["C4"]); chart.Series[0].Bubbles.Add(chart.ChartData["C5"]);
Step 7: Save and launch the file.
pres.SaveToFile(@"result.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010);
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("result.pptx");
Output:
Chart data:
Full Code:
using Spire.Presentation;
using Spire.Presentation.Charts;
using System;
using System.Drawing;
namespace CreateBubbleChart
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Presentation pres = new Presentation();
RectangleF rect1 = new RectangleF(40, 40, 550, 320);
IChart chart = pres.Slides[0].Shapes.AppendChart(ChartType.Bubble, rect1, false);
chart.ChartTitle.TextProperties.Text = "Bubble Chart";
chart.ChartTitle.TextProperties.IsCentered = true;
chart.ChartTitle.Height = 30;
chart.HasTitle = true;
Double[] xdata = new Double[] { 7.7, 8.9, 1.0, 2.4 };
Double[] ydata = new Double[] { 15.2, 5.3, 6.7, 8 };
Double[] size = new Double[] { 1.1, 2.4, 3.7, 4.8 };
chart.ChartData[0, 0].Text = "X-Value";
chart.ChartData[0, 1].Text = "Y-Value";
chart.ChartData[0, 2].Text = "Size";
for (Int32 i = 0; i < xdata.Length; ++i)
{
chart.ChartData[i + 1, 0].Value = xdata[i];
chart.ChartData[i + 1, 1].Value = ydata[i];
chart.ChartData[i + 1, 2].Value = size[i];
}
chart.Series.SeriesLabel = chart.ChartData["B1", "B1"];
chart.Series[0].XValues = chart.ChartData["A2", "A5"];
chart.Series[0].YValues = chart.ChartData["B2", "B5"];
chart.Series[0].Bubbles.Add(chart.ChartData["C2"]);
chart.Series[0].Bubbles.Add(chart.ChartData["C3"]);
chart.Series[0].Bubbles.Add(chart.ChartData["C4"]);
chart.Series[0].Bubbles.Add(chart.ChartData["C5"]);
pres.SaveToFile(@"result.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010);
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("result.pptx");
}
}
}
Imports Spire.Presentation
Imports Spire.Presentation.Charts
Imports System.Drawing
Namespace CreateBubbleChart
Class Program
Private Shared Sub Main(args As String())
Dim pres As New Presentation()
Dim rect1 As New RectangleF(40, 40, 550, 320)
Dim chart As IChart = pres.Slides(0).Shapes.AppendChart(ChartType.Bubble, rect1, False)
chart.ChartTitle.TextProperties.Text = "Bubble Chart"
chart.ChartTitle.TextProperties.IsCentered = True
chart.ChartTitle.Height = 30
chart.HasTitle = True
Dim xdata As [Double]() = New [Double]() {7.7, 8.9, 1.0, 2.4}
Dim ydata As [Double]() = New [Double]() {15.2, 5.3, 6.7, 8}
Dim size As [Double]() = New [Double]() {1.1, 2.4, 3.7, 4.8}
chart.ChartData(0, 0).Text = "X-Value"
chart.ChartData(0, 1).Text = "Y-Value"
chart.ChartData(0, 2).Text = "Size"
For i As Int32 = 0 To xdata.Length - 1
chart.ChartData(i + 1, 0).Value = xdata(i)
chart.ChartData(i + 1, 1).Value = ydata(i)
chart.ChartData(i + 1, 2).Value = size(i)
Next
chart.Series.SeriesLabel = chart.ChartData("B1", "B1")
chart.Series(0).XValues = chart.ChartData("A2", "A5")
chart.Series(0).YValues = chart.ChartData("B2", "B5")
chart.Series(0).Bubbles.Add(chart.ChartData("C2"))
chart.Series(0).Bubbles.Add(chart.ChartData("C3"))
chart.Series(0).Bubbles.Add(chart.ChartData("C4"))
chart.Series(0).Bubbles.Add(chart.ChartData("C5"))
pres.SaveToFile("result.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010)
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("result.pptx")
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
