But what about I want to use the specific date instead of the “status”?
For example the tile of the column is “8/1/2020” in stead of the “status”
And because I only want to read the value for current date, so I assign a variable currentdate=DateTime.now.ToString(“M/01/yyyy”)
But for the “If” activity, after I change the “status” to the variable_currentdate as below, then it never recognize(never return me the value),
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Did you try formatting the current date to a particular format? Say, the date in your Excel file is 8/1/2020, you have to format the current date to suit that column name so, try this:
If col.ToString = DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy"){
rowValue = row(col).ToString
}
The problem is in the “col.ToString” expression in the IF condition.
It will return a string formated according your default locale settings.
In my case it is “08/01/2020 00:00:00” - which indeed doesn’t match your “currentdate” variable.
I would recommend to change “currentdate” assign like follows:
currentdate=DateTime.Today.ToString
It will give you format compatible with “col.ToStrimg”
