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# Server-side Programming Overview

**RadSpreadsheet** provides a rich set of server-side properties and events that can help you configure the look and behaviour of the control.

## RadSpreadsheet Properties

**Table 1** demonstrates some general properties of the **RadSpreadsheet**:


| Property | Description |
| ------ | ------ |
| **ColumnHeaderHeight** |Gets or sets the **RadSpreadsheet** column headers heigth in pixels.|
| **ColumnWidth** |Gets or sets the **RadSpreadsheet** column width in pixels.|
| **ColumnsCount** |Gets or sets the number of columns in the **RadSpreadsheet**.|
| **Culture** |Gets or sets the selected culture. Localization strings will be loaded based on this value.|
| **Localization** |Gets the Localization.|
| **LocalizationPath** |Gets or sets a value indicating where **RadSpreadsheet** will look for its **.resx** localization files.|
| **Provider** |Gets or sets  the provider instance to be used by **RadSpreadsheet**. Use this property with providers that are created at runtime. For ASP.NET providers defined in web.config use the **ProviderName** property.|
| **ProviderName** |Gets or sets the name of the current provider used by **RadSpreadsheet**. The provider must be defined in the spreadsheet section of web.config.|
| **RowHeaderWidth** |Gets or sets the **RadSpreadsheet** row headers width in pixels.|
| **RowHeight** |Gets or sets the **RadSpreadsheet** row height in pixels.|
| **RowsCount** |Gets or sets the number of rows in the **RadSpreadsheet**.|
| **Sheets** |Gets a collection of the **Sheets** currently loaded in the **RadSpreadsheet**.|
| **Tools** |Gets a collection of tools, that will be shown in the **RadSpreadsheet** toolbar.|

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