User Guide Tutorials VB6 tutorials Tutorial 05: How to format Excel cells in VB6 How to format Excel cells in VB6
EasyXLS Excel library can be used to export Excel files in VB6. The library is a COM+ component that works without MS Excel installed.
Step 1: Download and install EasyXLS Excel Library for COM+ To download the trial version of EasyXLS Excel Library, press the below button:
If you already own a license key, you may login and download EasyXLS from your account.
Step 2: Verify if EasyXLS is registered Check if EasyXLS component is present in Component Services.
Step 3: Run VB6 code that formats Excel file Execute the following VB6 code that formats Excel cells, rows, columns and cell ranges.
VERSION 5.00
Begin VB.Form Form1
Caption = "Form1"
ClientHeight = 4590
ClientLeft = 2220
ClientTop = 1515
ClientWidth = 6885
LinkTopic = "Form1"
ScaleHeight = 4590
ScaleWidth = 6885
Begin VB.Label Label1
AutoSize = -1
Height = 100
Left = 120
TabIndex = 0
Top = 120
Width = 100
End
End
Attribute VB_Name = "Form1"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Private Sub Form_Load()
Alignment .Initialize
Border .Initialize
DataType .Initialize
Color .Initialize
Me.Label1.Caption = "Tutorial 05" & vbCrLf & "---------------" & vbCrLf
Set workbook = CreateObject("EasyXLS.ExcelDocument" )
workbook.easy_addWorksheet_2 ("First tab" )
workbook.easy_addWorksheet_2 ("Second tab" )
Set xlsFirstTable = workbook.easy_getSheetAt(0).easy_getExcelTable()
Set xlsStyleHeader = CreateObject("EasyXLS.ExcelStyle" )
xlsStyleHeader.setFont ("Verdana" )
xlsStyleHeader.setFontSize (8)
xlsStyleHeader.setItalic (True )
xlsStyleHeader.setBold (True )
xlsStyleHeader.setForeground (CLng(Color.COLOR_YELLOW))
xlsStyleHeader.setBackground (CLng(Color.COLOR_BLACK))
xlsStyleHeader.setBorderColors CLng(Color.COLOR_GRAY), CLng(Color.COLOR_GRAY), _
CLng(Color.COLOR_GRAY), CLng(Color.COLOR_GRAY)
xlsStyleHeader.setBorderStyles Border.BORDER_BORDER_MEDIUM, Border.BORDER_BORDER_MEDIUM, _
Border.BORDER_BORDER_MEDIUM, Border.BORDER_BORDER_MEDIUM
xlsStyleHeader.setHorizontalAlignment (Alignment.ALIGNMENT_ALIGNMENT_CENTER)
xlsStyleHeader.setVerticalAlignment (Alignment.ALIGNMENT_ALIGNMENT_BOTTOM)
xlsStyleHeader.setWrap (True )
xlsStyleHeader.setDataType (DataType.DATATYPE_STRING)
For Column = 0 To 4
xlsFirstTable.easy_getCell(0, Column).setValue ("Column " & (Column + 1))
xlsFirstTable.easy_getCell(0, Column).setStyle (xlsStyleHeader)
Next
xlsFirstTable.easy_getRowAt(0).setHeight (30)
Set xlsStyleData = CreateObject("EasyXLS.ExcelStyle" )
xlsStyleData.setHorizontalAlignment (Alignment.ALIGNMENT_ALIGNMENT_LEFT)
xlsStyleData.setForeground (CLng(Color.COLOR_DARKGRAY))
xlsStyleData.setWrap (False )
xlsStyleData.setDataType (DataType.DATATYPE_STRING)
For row = 0 To 99
For Column = 0 To 4
xlsFirstTable.easy_getCell(row + 1, Column).setValue ("Data " & (row + 1) & ", " & (Column + 1))
xlsFirstTable.easy_getCell(row + 1, Column).setStyle (xlsStyleData)
Next
Next
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 0, 70
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 1, 100
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 2, 70
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 3, 100
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 4, 70
Me.Label1.Caption = Me.Label1.Caption & vbCrLf & _
"Writing file C:\Samples\Tutorial05 - format Excel cells.xlsx"
workbook.easy_WriteXLSXFile ("C:\Samples\Tutorial05 - format Excel cells.xlsx" )
If workbook.easy_getError() = "" Then
Me.Label1.Caption = Me.Label1.Caption & vbCrLf & "File successfully created."
Else
Me.Label1.Caption = Me.Label1.Caption & vbCrLf & "Error: " & workbook.easy_getError()
End If
workbook.Dispose
End Sub
Overloaded methods For methods with same name but different parameters, only the first method overload retains the original name. Subsequent overloads are uniquely renamed by appending to the method name '_2', '_3', etc (method, method_2, method_3), an integer that corresponds to the order of declaration that can be found in EasyXLS.h, a file that comes with EasyXLS installation.