NamedRange.Cells Property

Gets a Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Range that represents the cells in the NamedRange control.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Cells As Range
Range Cells { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Range
A Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Range that represents the cells in the NamedRange control.

Examples

The following code example creates a NamedRange and colors the interior green. It then displays a series of messages that show how many cells, columns, and rows are in the NamedRange.

This example is for a document-level customization.

Private compositeRange As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.NamedRange

Private Sub DisplayRangeComposition()
    compositeRange = Me.Controls.AddNamedRange( _
        Me.Range("B2", "E5"), "compositeRange")
    compositeRange.Cells.Interior.Color = &HFF00
    MessageBox.Show("The range has " & _
        compositeRange.Count & " cells.")
    MessageBox.Show("The range has " & _
        compositeRange.Columns.Count & " columns.")
    MessageBox.Show("The range has " & _
        compositeRange.Rows.Count & " rows.")
End Sub
Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.NamedRange compositeRange;
private void DisplayRangeComposition()
{
    compositeRange = this.Controls.AddNamedRange(
        this.Range["B2", "E5"], "compositeRange");
    compositeRange.Cells.Interior.Color = 0xFF00;
    MessageBox.Show("The range has " + compositeRange.Count + 
        " cells.");
    MessageBox.Show("The range has " + 
        compositeRange.Columns.Count + " columns.");
    MessageBox.Show("The range has " + 
        compositeRange.Rows.Count + " rows.");
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

NamedRange Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace