<![CDATA[QAxObject format Excel cell]]>Hi,

I'm using Qt 5.11 and C++.
The question is hot format Excel cells to be as a text.
E.g., if I set the value to 1.1, then it gets converted to date.
The output of this code snippet is:
Set value to "1.1"
"01.jaan"

QAxObject* cell = sheet->querySubObject("Cells(int,int)", row, col);

if (cell != nullptr)
{
	QString testValue = QString("%1.%2").arg(row).arg(col);
	qDebug() << "Set value to" << testValue;

	cell->setProperty("Value", testValue);
	QString newValue = cell->dynamicCall("Text()").toString();

	qDebug() << newValue;
}
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The leading ' is a nice trick, and I can use it as a workaround.
Thanks!

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/658509https://forum.qt.io/post/658509Fri, 07 May 2021 13:49:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QAxObject format Excel cell on Fri, 07 May 2021 12:31:00 GMT]]>@VRonin
LOL, wow, OK, thanks! :)

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/658494https://forum.qt.io/post/658494Fri, 07 May 2021 12:31:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QAxObject format Excel cell on Fri, 07 May 2021 12:02:28 GMT]]>From

@Indrek-M said in QAxObject format Excel cell:

"01.jaan"

Google tells me this is Estonian and QLocale(QLocale::Estonian,QLocale::Estonia).decimalPoint() returns , that's why . is not interpreted as a decimal point

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/658489https://forum.qt.io/post/658489Fri, 07 May 2021 12:02:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QAxObject format Excel cell on Fri, 07 May 2021 11:49:07 GMT]]>@VRonin
Hi. I assumed this (the leading ') would be the answer.

But I am also intrigued. I don't want to go look up the Excel docs, which is where this comes from. Do you know why Excel treats an unquoted 1.1 as a date rather than a floating point number? My thought would be that although one does sometimes type dates into cells, it is considerably more likely to type a floating point number (e.g. a price), so seems strange to me that the default interpretation is selected as date rather than number?

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/658484https://forum.qt.io/post/658484Fri, 07 May 2021 11:49:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QAxObject format Excel cell on Fri, 07 May 2021 09:10:39 GMT]]>Try QString testValue = QString("'%1.%2").arg(row).arg(col);

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