Access the Text Box by the Name

Access the Text Box by the Name

The following sample code first creates a text box and assigns it some text and name. Then in the next lines, we access the same text box by its name and print its text.

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-cells/Aspose.Cells-for-Java
// The path to the documents directory.
String dataDir = Utils.getDataDir(AccessTextBoxName.class);
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
Worksheet sheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0);
int idx = sheet.getTextBoxes().add(10, 10, 10, 10);
// Create a texbox with some text and assign it some name
TextBox tb1 = sheet.getTextBoxes().get(idx);
tb1.setName("MyTextBox");
tb1.setText("This is MyTextBox");
// Access the same textbox via its name
TextBox tb2 = sheet.getTextBoxes().get("MyTextBox");
// Displaying the text of the textbox accessed by its name
System.out.println(tb2.getText());

Console Output

Here is the console output of the above sample code.

 This is MyTextBox