Remove text box border in C#, VB.NET
Syncfusion Excel (XlsIO) library is a .NET Excel library used to create, read, and edit Excel documents. Also, converts Excel documents to PDF files. Using this library, you can remove the border line for an Excel text box.
Steps to remove the border line of text box, programmatically:
Step 1: Create a new C# console application project.
Create a new C# console application project
Step 2: Install the Syncfusion.XlsIO.WinForms NuGet package as reference to your .NET Framework application from NuGet.org.
Install NuGet package to the project
Step 3: The border line for an Excel text box can be removed by disabling the Visible property available under IShapeLineFormat interface.
C#
//Remove the border line for text box chart.TextBoxes[0].Line.Visible = false;
VB.NET
'Remove the border line for text box chart.TextBoxes(0).Line.Visible = False
Step 4: Add an Excel file to you project and make it an embedded resource using the following steps.
- In Visual Studio, click the Project menu and select Add Existing Item. Find and select the Excel file you want to add to your project.
- In the Solution Explorer window, right-click on the Excel file you just added to your project and select Properties from the popup menu. The Properties tool window appears.
- In the Properties window, change the Build Action property to Embedded Resource.
- Build the project. The Excel file will be compiled into your project’s assembly.
Step 5: Include the following namespaces in Program.cs file.
C#
using Syncfusion.XlsIO; using System.IO; using System.Reflection;
VB.NET
Imports Syncfusion.XlsIO Imports System.IO Imports System.Reflection
Step 6: Include the following code snippet in main method of Program.cs file to remove the border line of an Excel text box.
C#
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
//Initialize the Excel application object
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
//Load an existing Excel document into IWorkbook
Assembly assembly = typeof(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
Stream inputStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("RemoveBorder.Sample.xlsx");
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(inputStream);
//Get the first worksheet in the workbook into IWorksheet
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
//Get the chart in worksheet into IChartShape
IChartShape chart = workbook.Worksheets[0].Charts[0];
//Add text box in the chart
chart.TextBoxes.AddTextBox(1, 1, 100, 200);
//Set the position for text box
chart.TextBoxes[0].Top = 850;
chart.TextBoxes[0].Left = 765;
//Add text for the text box
chart.TextBoxes[0].Text = "Yearly Profit";
//Remove the border line for text box
chart.TextBoxes[0].Line.Visible = false;
//Save the Excel document
workbook.SaveAs("Output.xlsx");
}
VB.NET
Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
'Initialize the Excel application object
Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
'Load an existing Excel document into IWorkbook
Dim assembly As Assembly = GetType(Module1).GetTypeInfo.Assembly
Dim inputStream As Stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("RemoveBorder.Sample.xlsx")
Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open(inputStream)
'Get the first worksheet in the workbook into IWorksheet
Dim worksheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
'Get the chart in worksheet into IChartShape
Dim chart As IChartShape = workbook.Worksheets(0).Charts(0)
'Add text box in the chart
chart.TextBoxes.AddTextBox(1, 1, 100, 200)
'Set the position for text box
chart.TextBoxes(0).Top = 850
chart.TextBoxes(0).Left = 765
'Add text for the text box
chart.TextBoxes(0).Text = "Yearly Profit"
'Remove the border line for text box
chart.TextBoxes(0).Line.Visible = False
'Save the Excel document
workbook.SaveAs("Output.xlsx")
End Using
A complete working sample of how to remove the border line for an Excel text box can be downloaded from RemoveBorder.zip.
By executing the program, you will get the output Excel file as follows.
Output Excel document
Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you will find other options like form controls, comments, auto shapes, group shapes, and OLE objects will code samples.
Click here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion Excel (XlsIO) library features.
Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, include a license key in your projects. Refer the link to learn about generating and registering Syncfusion license key in your application to use the components without trail message.
