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The sample demonstrates how to set background color in Excel workbook via Spire.XLS.

using System.Drawing;
using Spire.Xls;
namespace BackgrandColor
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
workbook.LoadFromFile(@"..\..\..\..\Data\country.xls",ExcelVersion.Version97to2003);
Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
//set the backgroundcolor=LightBlue of Range["A2:E9"]
worksheet.Range["A2:E9"].Style.Color = Color.LightBlue;
//set the backgroundcolor=Silver of Range["A11:E18"]
worksheet.Range["A11:E18"].Style.Color = Color.Silver;
workbook.SaveToFile("sample.xls", ExcelVersion.Version97to2003);
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(workbook.FileName);
}
}
}
Imports System.Drawing
Imports Spire.Xls
Namespace BackgrandColor
Class Program
Private Shared Sub Main(args As String())
Dim workbook As New Workbook()
workbook.LoadFromFile("..\..\..\..\Data\country.xls", ExcelVersion.Version97to2003)
Dim worksheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
'set the backgroundcolor=LightBlue of Range["A2:E9"]
worksheet.Range("A2:E9").Style.Color = Color.LightBlue
'set the backgroundcolor=Silver of Range["A11:E18"]
worksheet.Range("A11:E18").Style.Color = Color.Silver
workbook.SaveToFile("sample.xls", ExcelVersion.Version97to2003)
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(workbook.FileName)
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
