When you input values using the quote prefix ', then the input value will be converted and stored as a string.
window.onload = function () {
var spread = new GC.Spread.Sheets.Workbook(document.getElementById("ss"), {sheetCount: 1});
initFunction(spread);
};
function initFunction(spread) {
var fbx = new GC.Spread.Sheets.FormulaTextBox.FormulaTextBox(document.getElementById('formulaBar'));
fbx.workbook(spread);
var sheet = spread.getActiveSheet();
sheet.suspendPaint();
sheet.setColumnWidth(1, 100);
sheet.setColumnWidth(2, 300);
sheet.setValue(1, 0, 'Sample:');
sheet.setValue(2, 1, 'Normal');
sheet.setValue(3, 1, 'Quote Prefix');
sheet.setValue(4, 1, 'Normal');
sheet.setValue(5, 1, 'Quote Prefix');
spread.commandManager().execute({
cmd: "editCell",
sheetName: "Sheet1",
row: 2,
col: 2,
newValue: "12"
});
spread.commandManager().execute({
cmd: "editCell",
sheetName: "Sheet1",
row: 3,
col: 2,
newValue: "'12"
});
spread.commandManager().execute({
cmd: "editCell",
sheetName: "Sheet1",
row: 4,
col: 2,
newValue: "4/2/2020 13:39:48"
});
spread.commandManager().execute({
cmd: "editCell",
sheetName: "Sheet1",
row: 5,
col: 2,
newValue: "'4/2/2020 13:39:48"
});
sheet.resumePaint();
}
<!doctype html>
<html style="height:100%;font-size:14px;">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="$DEMOROOT$/en/purejs/node_modules/@mescius/spread-sheets/styles/gc.spread.sheets.excel2013white.css">
<script src="$DEMOROOT$/en/purejs/node_modules/@mescius/spread-sheets/dist/gc.spread.sheets.all.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="$DEMOROOT$/spread/source/js/license.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="app.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="sample-tutorial">
<div id="formulaBar" contenteditable="true" spellcheck="false"
style="border: 1px solid grey;
height: 21px;
width: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
font-size: 13px;
font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;
margin-bottom: 3px;
padding-top: 3px;
padding-bottom: 3px"></div>
<div id="ss" style="width:100%; height:100%; border: 1px solid gray;"></div>
</div></body>
</html>
.sample-tutorial {
position: relative;
height: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
}
body {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
}