This brief tutorial guides on how to show formulas in Excel using C#. It provides all the details to establish the environment, a sequence of steps to write the program, and a runnable sample code to display cell formulas using C# and save the resultant Excel file as an XLSX, XLS, or in any other supported format.

Steps to View Formulas in Excel using C#

1. Configure the environment to use Aspose.Cells for .NET to show formulas
2. Create a new workbook and get access to the first worksheet
3. Set sample cell values, and a formula, and calculate the formula
4. Set the flag to show the formulas
5. Save the workbook with the specified settings

These steps describe the process to show formulas in Excel using C# where an Excel file is created, and then values and formulas are set in different cells of the first worksheet along with formula calculation. Once the the formula is set, the flag to show formula is set to true for the particular worksheet. In the end, the resultant worksheet is saved on the disk in the desired format.

Code to Display All Formulas in Excel using C#

This code demonstrates the process to show all formulas in Excel using C# where a new workbook is created and complete process is demonstrated by setting values, and formulas, and then using the ShowFormulas property the formulas are displayed. You may display the formulas for an existing workbook by just loading the workbook and then setting the ShowFormulas flag for the target worksheet whose formulas are to be displayed.

In this tutorial, we have observed the procedure to display formulas in a new or an existing workbook however if you want to learn the process to remove formulas from a workbook without removing the contents, refer to the article on how to remove Excel formula without removing contents in C#.