Merge pull request #1773 from syncfusion-content/992365-RemoveDataValidation

992365-Add UG for clearing data validation in XlsIO

Author: Mohan2401

Document-Processing/Excel/Excel-Library/NET/Working-with-Data-Validation.md

@@ -540,3 +540,58 @@ Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
 End Using
 {% endhighlight %}
 {% endtabs %}
+
+## Remove Data Validation 
+
+The following code snippet illustrates how to remove data validation rules from a worksheet.
+
+{% tabs %}  
+{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" playgroundButtonLink="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SyncfusionExamples/XlsIO-Examples/master/Data%20Validation/Remove%20Validation/.NET/Remove%20Validation/Remove%20Validation/Program.cs,180" %}
+using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
+{
+  IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
+  application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Xlsx;
+  IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/InputTemplate.xlsx"));
+  IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
+
+  //Removing data validation from the worksheet
+  worksheet.UsedRange.Clear(ExcelClearOptions.ClearDataValidations);
+
+  //Saving the workbook
+  workbook.SaveAs(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Output.xlsx"));
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %}
+using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
+{
+  IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
+  application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Xlsx;
+  IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open("InputTemplate.xlsx");
+  IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
+
+  //Removing data validation from the worksheet
+  worksheet.UsedRange.Clear(ExcelClearOptions.ClearDataValidations);
+
+  //Saving the workbook
+  workbook.SaveAs("Output.xlsx");
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}
+Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
+  Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
+  application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Xlsx
+  Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open("InputTemplate.xlsx")
+  Dim worksheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
+
+  'Removing data validation from the worksheet
+  worksheet.UsedRange.Clear(ExcelClearOptions.ClearDataValidations)
+
+  'Saving the workbook 
+  workbook.SaveAs("Output.xlsx")
+End Using
+{% endhighlight %}
+{% endtabs %} 
+ 
+A complete working example to remove validations from a worksheet in C# is present on <a href="https://github.com/SyncfusionExamples/XlsIO-Examples/tree/master/Data%20Validation/Remove%20Validation/.NET/Remove%20Validation">this GitHub page</a>.