WorksheetBase.AutoFilter Property

Gets a Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.AutoFilter that provides information about filtered lists on the worksheet if filtering is enabled. Gets nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if filtering is off.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property AutoFilter As AutoFilter

public AutoFilter AutoFilter { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.AutoFilter
A Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.AutoFilter that provides information about filtered lists on the worksheet if filtering is enabled; otherwise, nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

To programmatically enable filtering, use the AutoFilter method of the Range object or the AutoFilter method of a NamedRange object.

Examples

The following code example creates a filtered list of fruits in a Range, and then uses the AutoFilter property to display the filter criteria for the list. The example then prompts the user to turn off the filter by using the AutoFilterMode property, and finally uses the FilterMode property to display whether the worksheet has a filtered list.

This example is for a document-level customization.

Private Sub ActivateAutoFilter()
    Me.Range("A1").Value2 = "Fruits" 
    Me.Range("A2").Value2 = "Banana" 
    Me.Range("A3").Value2 = "Apple" 
    Me.Range("A4").Value2 = "Banana" 
    Me.Range("A5").Value2 = "Orange" 
    Me.Range("A6").Value2 = "Apple" 
    Me.Range("A7").Value2 = "Orange" 

    Dim NamedRange1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.NamedRange = _
        Me.Controls.AddNamedRange(Me.Range("A1", "A7"), "NamedRange1")

    NamedRange1.AutoFilter(1, "Apple", Excel.XlAutoFilterOperator.xlAnd, _
        VisibleDropDown:=True)

    MsgBox("The current criteria for the AutoFilter is: " & _
        Me.AutoFilter.Filters(1).Criteria1.ToString())

    If Me.AutoFilterMode Then 
        If DialogResult.Yes = MessageBox.Show("Would you like to " & _
            "turn off the filter?", "Example", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) Then 
            Me.AutoFilterMode = False 
        End If 
    End If 

    If Me.FilterMode Then
        MsgBox("The worksheet has a filtered list.")
    Else
        MsgBox("The worksheet does not have a filtered list")
    End If 
End Sub

private void ActivateAutoFilter()
{
    this.Range["A1"].Value2 = "Fruits";
    this.Range["A2"].Value2 = "Banana";
    this.Range["A3"].Value2 = "Apple";
    this.Range["A4"].Value2 = "Banana";
    this.Range["A5"].Value2 = "Orange";
    this.Range["A6"].Value2 = "Apple";
    this.Range["A7"].Value2 = "Orange";

    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.NamedRange NamedRange1 =
        this.Controls.AddNamedRange(this.Range["A1", "A7"],
        "NamedRange1");

    NamedRange1.AutoFilter(1, "Apple",
       Excel.XlAutoFilterOperator.xlAnd, true);

    MessageBox.Show("The current criteria for the AutoFilter is: " +
        this.AutoFilter.Filters[1].Criteria1.ToString());

    if (this.AutoFilterMode)
    {
        if (DialogResult.Yes == MessageBox.Show("Would you like to " +
            "turn off the filter?", "Example", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo))
        {
            this.AutoFilterMode = false;
        }
    }

    if (this.FilterMode)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("The worksheet has a filtered list.");
    }
    else
    {
        MessageBox.Show("The worksheet does not have a filtered list");
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

WorksheetBase Class

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace

AutoFilterMode

FilterMode

AutoFilter

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