Return Value
A string containing the settings of all style elements defined in this CellStyle.
This method is used to persist grid styles and can be used to define and save 'skins'.
See the CellStyleCollection.BuildString and CellStyleCollection.ParseString methods.
The string returned contains definitions only for the style elements that are defined by this CellStyle. Elements inherited from other styles are not included. To build a string containing specific elements, use the BuildString(StyleElementFlags) method instead.
// create style with custom font and back color CellStyle cs = _flex.Styles.Add("s1"); cs.Font = new Font("Arial", 12, FontStyle.Bold); cs.BackColor = Color.Beige; // save style definition into a string string styleDef = cs.BuildString(); // use string to initialize another style CellStyle csNew = _flex.Styles.Add("s2"); csNew.ParseString(styleDef); // compare styles Debug.Assert(csNew.Font.Equals(cs.Font)); Debug.Assert(csNew.BackColor.Equals(cs.BackColor));