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Insert Shapes to Excel Worksheet in C#

2017-10-10 07:34:19 Written by  support iceblue
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Spire.XLS supports to add up to 186 kinds of ready-made shapes, such as triangles, arrows and callouts to Excel worksheet. This article demonstrates how to insert shapes to excel worksheet and fill the shapes with color and picture using Spire.XLS and C#.

Detail steps:

Step 1: Instantiate a Workbook object and get the first worksheet.

Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

Step 2: Add a triangle shape and fill the shape with solid color.

//Add a triangle shape
IPrstGeomShape triangle = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(2, 2, 100, 100, PrstGeomShapeType.Triangle);

//Fill the triangle with solid color
triangle.Fill.ForeColor = Color.Yellow;
triangle.Fill.FillType = ShapeFillType.SolidColor;

Step 3: Add a heart shape and fill the shape with gradient color.

//Add a heart shape
IPrstGeomShape heart = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(2, 5, 100, 100, PrstGeomShapeType.Heart);

//Fill the heart with gradient color
heart.Fill.ForeColor = Color.Red;
heart.Fill.FillType = ShapeFillType.Gradient;

Step 4: Add an arrow shape with default color.

IPrstGeomShape arrow = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(10, 2, 100, 100, PrstGeomShapeType.CurvedRightArrow);

Step 5: Add a cloud shape and fill the shape with custom picture.

//Add a cloud shape
IPrstGeomShape cloud = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(10, 5, 100, 100, PrstGeomShapeType.Cloud);

//Fill the cloud with picture
cloud.Fill.CustomPicture(Image.FromFile("Hydrangeas.jpg"), "Hydrangeas.jpg");
cloud.Fill.FillType = ShapeFillType.Picture;

Step 6: Save the file.

workbook.SaveToFile("AddShapes.xlsx", ExcelVersion.Version2013);

Screenshot:

Insert Shapes to Excel Worksheet in C#

Full code:

using System.Drawing;
using Spire.Xls;
using Spire.Xls.Core;

namespace Add_shapes_to_Excel
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Instantiate a workbook object
            Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
            //Get the first worksheet
            Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

            //Add a triangle shape
            IPrstGeomShape triangle = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(2, 2, 100, 100, PrstGeomShapeType.Triangle);
            //Fill the triangle with solid color
            triangle.Fill.ForeColor = Color.Yellow;
            triangle.Fill.FillType = ShapeFillType.SolidColor;

            //Add a heart shape
            IPrstGeomShape heart = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(2, 5, 100, 100, PrstGeomShapeType.Heart);
            //Fill the heart with gradient color
            heart.Fill.ForeColor = Color.Red;
            heart.Fill.FillType = ShapeFillType.Gradient;

            //Add an arrow shape with default color
            IPrstGeomShape arrow = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(10, 2, 100, 100, PrstGeomShapeType.CurvedRightArrow);

            //Add a cloud shape
            IPrstGeomShape cloud = sheet.PrstGeomShapes.AddPrstGeomShape(10, 5, 100, 100, PrstGeomShapeType.Cloud);
            //Fill the cloud with custom picture
            cloud.Fill.CustomPicture(Image.FromFile("Hydrangeas.jpg"), "Hydrangeas.jpg");
            cloud.Fill.FillType = ShapeFillType.Picture;
            
            //Save the file
            workbook.SaveToFile("AddShapes.xlsx", ExcelVersion.Version2013);
        }
    }
}

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