Is it possible to ignore Excel warnings when generating spreadsheets using EPPlus?

Question

I\'m storing mix of numeric and non-numeric values in a single column in spreadsheet using C# and EPPlus. When I open spreadsheet with Excel it shows green triangles in the

Answer 1

You really have 2 options using code:

• change the .NumberFormat property of Range to TEXT (I believe equivalent in epplus is Cell[row, column].Style.NumberFormat.Format)

• prefix any number with ' (a single quote) - Excel then treats the number as TEXT - visually, it displays the number as is but the formula will show the single quote.

Alternatively, which I wouldn't recommend relying on

• play with Excel's properties and untick the option to display warnings