How to get Excel formatting properties in an office application

I am starting to play with office apps - specifically working on a task app for excel that needs to retrieve the formatting properties of a cell from a range.

It is possible to set properties on a related table with

bindingObj.setFormatsAsync(cellFormat [,options] , callback);

      

        
        
        
      

    

but there is no equivalent to getFormatsAsync (). Does anyone know how to do this?