You can use the Spread 8 COM control in Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 with Microsoft Windows 10. Spread Windows Forms is a .NET control and is a better option; however, you may have older code or projects where you need to use Spread 8 COM. Use the following steps to create a new project in Visual Studio 2015 and add the Spread 8 COM control.
- Select File, New, and then Project in Visual Studio 2015. New Project
- Select Windows under the Visual C# or Visual Basic sections. Then select Windows Forms Application. Specify a name and location and then select OK. Windows Forms Application
- Right click on the Toolbox and select Choose Items… Add Item
- Select Farpoint Spread 8.0 from the COM Components tab. Then select OK. Components
- Select Spread and drag it to the form from the Toolbox. Toolbox Form with Spread Control
- Select MSDATASRC and stdole references in the Solution Explorer and set Embed Interop Types to False. Reference Reference
- Select Project and Properties. Project Properties
- Verify that the Prefer 32-bit option is checked under the Build menu. Build Options
- Add code and run the project. This code creates multiple headers and adds header text.
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