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70 changes: 70 additions & 0 deletions FAQ/Conditional Formatting/.NET/Traffic lights icon/README.md
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# How to set traffic lights icon in Excel conditional formatting using C#?

Step 1: Create a New C# Console Application Project.

Step 2: Name the Project.

Step 3: Install the [Syncfusion.XlsIO.Net.Core](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Syncfusion.XlsIO.Net.Core) NuGet package as reference to your .NET Standard applications from [NuGet.org](https://www.nuget.org).

Step 4: Include the following namespaces in the **Program.cs** file.

```csharp
using System;
using System.IO;
using Syncfusion.XlsIO;
```

Step 5: Include the below code snippet in **Program.cs** to set traffic lights icon in Excel conditional formatting using C#
```csharp
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1);
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

//Add data and formatting to the worksheet
worksheet.Range["A1"].Text = "Traffic Lights";

//Add percentage values to cells A2 to A7 and format them as percentages
worksheet.Range["A2"].Number = 0.95;
worksheet.Range["A2"].NumberFormat = "0%";
worksheet.Range["A3"].Number = 0.5;
worksheet.Range["A3"].NumberFormat = "0%";
worksheet.Range["A4"].Number = 0.1;
worksheet.Range["A4"].NumberFormat = "0%";
worksheet.Range["A5"].Number = 0.9;
worksheet.Range["A5"].NumberFormat = "0%";
worksheet.Range["A6"].Number = 0.7;
worksheet.Range["A6"].NumberFormat = "0%";
worksheet.Range["A7"].Number = 0.6;
worksheet.Range["A7"].NumberFormat = "0%";

//Adjust row height and column width of the used range
worksheet.UsedRange.RowHeight = 20;
worksheet.UsedRange.ColumnWidth = 25;

//Apply the first conditional format
IConditionalFormats condition = worksheet.UsedRange.ConditionalFormats;
IConditionalFormat condition1 = condition.AddCondition();

condition1.FormatType = ExcelCFType.CellValue;
condition1.FirstFormula = "300";
condition1.Operator = ExcelComparisonOperator.Less;
condition1.FontColor = ExcelKnownColors.Black;
condition1.BackColor = ExcelKnownColors.Sky_blue;

//Apply the second conditional format
IConditionalFormats condition2 = worksheet.UsedRange.ConditionalFormats;
IConditionalFormat condition3 = condition2.AddCondition();
condition3.FormatType = ExcelCFType.IconSet;
IIconSet iconSet = condition3.IconSet;
iconSet.IconSet = ExcelIconSetType.ThreeTrafficLights1;

//Saving the workbook
FileStream outputStream = new FileStream("Output.xlsx", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
workbook.SaveAs(outputStream);
outputStream.Dispose();
}
```

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Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
# Visual Studio Version 17
VisualStudioVersion = 17.12.35506.116 d17.12
MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Traffic lights icon", "Traffic lights icon\Traffic lights icon.csproj", "{E5911C99-3E19-4A51-906E-6E97D116A4AE}"
EndProject
Global
GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
EndGlobalSection
GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
{E5911C99-3E19-4A51-906E-6E97D116A4AE}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
{E5911C99-3E19-4A51-906E-6E97D116A4AE}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
{E5911C99-3E19-4A51-906E-6E97D116A4AE}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
{E5911C99-3E19-4A51-906E-6E97D116A4AE}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
EndGlobalSection
GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
HideSolutionNode = FALSE
EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal
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using System;
using System.IO;
using Syncfusion.XlsIO;

namespace Traffic_Light
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1);
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

//Add data and formatting to the worksheet
worksheet.Range["A1"].Text = "Traffic Lights";

//Add percentage values to cells A2 to A7 and format them as percentages
worksheet.Range["A2"].Number = 0.95;
worksheet.Range["A2"].NumberFormat = "0%";
worksheet.Range["A3"].Number = 0.5;
worksheet.Range["A3"].NumberFormat = "0%";
worksheet.Range["A4"].Number = 0.1;
worksheet.Range["A4"].NumberFormat = "0%";
worksheet.Range["A5"].Number = 0.9;
worksheet.Range["A5"].NumberFormat = "0%";
worksheet.Range["A6"].Number = 0.7;
worksheet.Range["A6"].NumberFormat = "0%";
worksheet.Range["A7"].Number = 0.6;
worksheet.Range["A7"].NumberFormat = "0%";

//Adjust row height and column width of the used range
worksheet.UsedRange.RowHeight = 20;
worksheet.UsedRange.ColumnWidth = 25;

//Apply the first conditional format
IConditionalFormats condition = worksheet.UsedRange.ConditionalFormats;
IConditionalFormat condition1 = condition.AddCondition();

condition1.FormatType = ExcelCFType.CellValue;
condition1.FirstFormula = "300";
condition1.Operator = ExcelComparisonOperator.Less;
condition1.FontColor = ExcelKnownColors.Black;
condition1.BackColor = ExcelKnownColors.Sky_blue;

//Apply the second conditional format
IConditionalFormats condition2 = worksheet.UsedRange.ConditionalFormats;
IConditionalFormat condition3 = condition2.AddCondition();
condition3.FormatType = ExcelCFType.IconSet;
IIconSet iconSet = condition3.IconSet;
iconSet.IconSet = ExcelIconSetType.ThreeTrafficLights1;

//Saving the workbook
FileStream outputStream = new FileStream("Output.xlsx", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
workbook.SaveAs(outputStream);
outputStream.Dispose();
}

}

}
}


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<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

<PropertyGroup>
<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
<TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
<RootNamespace>Traffic_lights_icon</RootNamespace>
<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
</PropertyGroup>

<ItemGroup>
<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.XlsIO.Net.Core" Version="*" />
</ItemGroup>

<ItemGroup>
<None Update="Output\*">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</None>
</ItemGroup>

</Project>