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DataGridViewS export to excel sheetS

I want to export all my DataGridViews in one Excell document.
For every DataGridView there shoud be a own sheet in the Excell File.
But with my code i only recive the Error: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: HRESULT: 0x800A03EC"
I think there is something wrong with my parameters.
private void exportToExcellButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
SaveFileDialog saveFileD = new SaveFileDialog();
string fileName = truckListBox.SelectedItem.ToString() + "__" + DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString();
saveFileD.InitialDirectory = #"C:/TML/";
saveFileD.FileName = fileName;
if (!Directory.Exists(#"C:/TML/"))
Directory.CreateDirectory(#"C:/TML/");
List<DataGridView> dataGridViews = getAllDataGridViews();
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application app;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook book;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet sheet;
app = new Excel.Application();
app.Visible = true;
book = app.Workbooks.Add(System.Reflection.Missing.Value);
foreach (var grid in dataGridViews)
{
int count = book.Worksheets.Count;
sheet = (Worksheet)book.Sheets.Add(Type.Missing, book.Worksheets[count], Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
sheet.Name = grid.Name.ToString().Remove(0, 13);
int cMin = 0, rMin = 0;
int c = cMin, r = rMin;
// Set Headers
foreach (DataGridViewColumn column in grid.Columns)
{
//Here appears the Error: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: HRESULT: 0x800A03EC"
sheet.Cells[r, c] = column.HeaderText;
c++;
}
sheet.Range[sheet.Cells[r, cMin], sheet.Cells[r, c]].Font.Bold = true;
sheet.Range[sheet.Cells[r, cMin], sheet.Cells[r, c]].VerticalAlignment = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlVAlign.xlVAlignCenter;
// Set Rows
foreach (DataGridViewRow row in grid.Rows)
{
r++;
c = cMin;
// Set Cells
foreach (DataGridViewCell item in row.Cells)
{
sheet.Cells[r, c++] = item.Value;
}
}
}
book.Save();
book.Close();
app.Quit();
}
Spended allready days into it and cant get it work.
Thx for your Help!
EDIT: Fixed one error to get to the new one.

There are a few problems you may have with the posted code. Therefore, I will break them down.
For starters, it appears you are using a SaveFileDialog however I do not see where it is being used. The code sets the InitalDirectory and FileName, but it is never used. This is not that important as a dialog is not really needed, however the way the code is getting the file name is going to have some problems. The line of code…
string fileName = truckListBox.SelectedItem.ToString() + "__" + DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString();
is going to have problems if you try to save the file name because the string returned from DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString() is going to be in a format like “2019\11\26”… Obviously the “\” characters are going to be interpreted as a path (folder) and will most likely fail when the code tries to save the file. Creating a method that returns a string that uses some other character should be easy to fix this.
Next is the fact that Excel files are NOT zero based on their rows and columns. Therefore, setting the initial Excel row column variables (int c = 0, r = 0;) will fail on the first try. These values should be one (1).
Another problem is on the line…
book.Save();
Is most likely going to save the file to the users “Documents” folder using the file name of “Book1.xlsx.” When saving the file you need to supply the complete path and file name which as stated earlier does not appear to be used.
Lastly, anytime you use “COM” objects such as Excel apps, workbooks and worksheets, it is very important for the code to “RELEASE” the com objects your code creates before you exit the program. In the current posted code, it is highly likely that there are lingering “Excel” resources still running. Therefore, to avoid leaking resources, it is important for your code to release the com objects it creates.
In my example below the code to release the resources is in the finally clause of the try/catch/finally statement.
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
//SaveFileDialog saveFileD = new SaveFileDialog();
//string fileName = truckListBox.SelectedItem.ToString() + "__" + DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString();
string fileName = #"C:\Users\John\Desktop\Grr\TestExcelFile" + "__" + DateTime.Now.Year + "_" + DateTime.Now.Month;
//saveFileD.InitialDirectory = #"C:\Users\John\Desktop\Grr\";
//saveFileD.FileName = fileName;
//if (!Directory.Exists(#"C:/TML/"))
// Directory.CreateDirectory(#"C:/TML/");
//List<DataGridView> dataGridViews = getAllDataGridViews();
List<DataGridView> dataGridViews = getGrids();
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application app = null;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook book = null;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet sheet = null;
app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application();
app.Visible = true;
book = app.Workbooks.Add(System.Reflection.Missing.Value);
try {
foreach (var grid in dataGridViews) {
int count = book.Worksheets.Count;
//sheet = (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet)book.Sheets.Add(Type.Missing, book.Worksheets[count], Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
sheet = (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet)book.Worksheets.Add();
//sheet.Name = grid.Name.ToString().Remove(0, 13);
sheet.Name = grid.Name.ToString();
int cMin = 1, rMin = 1;
int c = cMin, r = rMin;
// Set Headers
foreach (DataGridViewColumn column in grid.Columns) {
//Here appears the Error: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: HRESULT: 0x800A03EC"
sheet.Cells[r, c] = column.HeaderText;
c++;
}
sheet.Range[sheet.Cells[r, cMin], sheet.Cells[r, c]].Font.Bold = true;
sheet.Range[sheet.Cells[r, cMin], sheet.Cells[r, c]].VerticalAlignment = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlVAlign.xlVAlignCenter;
// Set Rows
foreach (DataGridViewRow row in grid.Rows) {
r++;
c = cMin;
// Set Cells
foreach (DataGridViewCell item in row.Cells) {
sheet.Cells[r, c++] = item.Value;
}
}
}
book.SaveAs(fileName, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
book.Close();
app.Quit();
}
catch (Exception ex) {
MessageBox.Show("Error writing to excel: " + ex.Message);
}
finally {
if (sheet != null)
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(sheet);
if (book != null)
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(book);
if (app != null)
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(app);
}
}
Hope this helps.

Simply Make a method and pass DataGridView
using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;
public void ete(DataGridView dgv)//ExportToExcel
{
// Creating a Excel object.
Excel._Application excel = new Excel.Application();
Excel._Workbook workbook = excel.Workbooks.Add(Type.Missing);
Excel._Worksheet worksheet = null;
excel.Columns.ColumnWidth = 20;
try
{
worksheet = workbook.ActiveSheet;
worksheet.Name = "ExportedFromDatGrid";
int cellRowIndex = 1;
int cellColumnIndex = 1;
//Loop through each row and read value from each column.
for (int i = -1; i < dgv.Rows.Count; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < dgv.Columns.Count; j++)
{
// Excel index starts from 1,1. As first Row would have the Column headers, adding a condition check.
if (cellRowIndex == 1)
{
worksheet.Cells[cellRowIndex, cellColumnIndex] = dgv.Columns[j].HeaderText;
}
else
{
worksheet.Cells[cellRowIndex, cellColumnIndex] = dgv.Rows[i].Cells[j].Value.ToString();
}
cellColumnIndex++;
}
cellColumnIndex = 1;
cellRowIndex++;
}
//Getting the location and file name of the excel to save from user.
SaveFileDialog saveDialog = new SaveFileDialog();
saveDialog.Filter = "Excel files (*.xlsx)|*.xlsx|All files (*.*)|*.*";
saveDialog.FilterIndex = 2;
if (saveDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
workbook.SaveAs(saveDialog.FileName.ToString());
MessageBox.Show("Export Successful");
}
}
catch (System.Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
finally
{
excel.Quit();
workbook = null;
excel = null;
}
}
Now Call Method
ete(datagridview1);

C# Excel only allow edit for specific row

I'm generating an excel file in C# and excel file is format is as follows.
And Columns From C1 will be dynamic since there can be several dates.
And what I need to do is only allow editing for rows with Ctype
YYY
Is there any way to identify rows with Ctype = YYY
The code I use to generate excel is as follows
public string ExcelGenerator()
{
DataTable dt = GetDataTable();
var fileName = "ExcelFile";
var excelApp = new Application();
var workbooks = excelApp.Workbooks;
var excelWorkBook = workbooks.Add(XlWBATemplate.xlWBATWorksheet);
var sheets = excelWorkBook.Sheets;
var excelWorkSheet = sheets[1];
excelWorkSheet.Name = "ExcelFile";
int iCol = 1;
// Add column headings...
foreach (DataColumn c in dt.Columns)
{
excelWorkSheet.Cells[1, iCol] = c.ColumnName; ;
((Range)excelWorkSheet.Cells[1, iCol]).Interior.Color = ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.DarkGray);
iCol++;
}
// for each row of data...
for (int j = 0; j < dt.Rows.Count; j++)
{
for (int k = 0; k < dt.Columns.Count; k++)
{
excelWorkSheet.Cells[j + 2, k + 1] = dt.Rows[j].ItemArray[k].ToString();
}
}
string fullpath = Path.Combine(excelPath, fileName);
if (File.Exists(fullpath))
{
try
{
File.Delete(fullpath);
}
catch (IOException e)
{
Console.Write(e.Message);
}
}
excelApp.DisplayAlerts = false;
excelWorkBook.SaveAs(fullpath, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlFileFormat.xlWorkbookDefault, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, true, false, XlSaveAsAccessMode.xlNoChange, XlSaveConflictResolution.xlLocalSessionChanges, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
excelWorkBook.Close(false, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
excelApp.Quit();
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(workbooks);
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(excelWorkSheet);
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(sheets);
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(excelWorkBook);
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(excelApp);
excelWorkSheet = null;
excelWorkBook = null;
excelApp = null;
workbooks = null;
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
GC.Collect();
return fileName;
}

Excel.Office.Interop don't allow range unprotection by programmatically.
For more information, you may visit this website.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dkcs53f3.aspx
But if you use EPPlus library, you can do like Excel users.
if you allow selective editable column, excel requires sheet protection = true and some unprotected range.
(using EPPlus)
excelWorkSheet.Protection.IsProtected = true;
excelWorkSheet.ProtectedRanges.Add("editable", new ExcelAddress("B"));

C# Interop Save to excel from datagridview without creating new file

I want to make changes to an existing file named "Original" in the directory "C:\Users\Twiga\Documents\VisualStudio2010\Projects\MarkSheetSystem\Original.xls".
Currently, I am only able to save the data that I have exported from my datagridview1 to a new file but that is not my intention.
Below is the code:
private void btnexcel_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel._Application excel = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application();
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel._Workbook workbook = excel.Workbooks.Add(Type.Missing);
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel._Worksheet worksheet = null;
try
{
worksheet = workbook.ActiveSheet;
worksheet.Name = "Marksheet 1";
worksheet.Cells[12, 1] = dataGridView1.Rows[0].Cells[0].Value.ToString();
int cellRowIndex = 10;
int cellColumnIndex = 1;
//Loop through each row and read value from each column.
for (int i = 0; i < dataGridView1.Rows.Count; i++)
{
for (int j = 1; j < dataGridView1.Columns.Count - 1; j++)
{
// Excel index starts from 1,1. As first Row would have the Column headers, adding a condition check.
if (cellRowIndex == 0)
{
worksheet.Cells[cellRowIndex, cellColumnIndex] = dataGridView1.Columns[j].HeaderText;
}
else
{
worksheet.Cells[cellRowIndex, cellColumnIndex] = dataGridView1.Rows[i].Cells[j].Value.ToString();
}
cellColumnIndex++;
}
cellColumnIndex = 1;
cellRowIndex++;
}
//Getting the location and file name of the excel to save from user.
SaveFileDialog saveDialog = new SaveFileDialog();
saveDialog.Filter = "Excel files (*.xlsx)|*.xlsx|All files (*.*)|*.*";
saveDialog.FilterIndex = 2;
if (saveDialog.ShowDialog() == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK)
{
workbook.SaveAs(saveDialog.FileName);
MessageBox.Show("The marksheet has been saved successfully!");
}
}
catch (System.Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
finally
{
excel.Quit();
workbook = null;
excel = null;
}
}

Pertinent to your task, it would be better to export data to Excel Workbook from the DataGridView underlying DataTable (e.g. DataTable _dt = (DataTable)(datagridview1.DataSource)) as shown in the following C# sample code snippet:
/// <summary>
/// export DataTable to Excel (C#)
/// </summary>
internal static void Export2Excel(DataTable dataTable)
{
object misValue = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application _appExcel = null;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook _excelWorkbook = null;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet _excelWorksheet = null;
try
{
// excel app object
_appExcel = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application();
// excel workbook object added
// can be replaced with _appExcel.Workbooks.Open(...)
_excelWorkbook = _appExcel.Workbooks.Add(misValue);
_excelWorksheet = _appExcel.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet as Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet;
// column names row (range obj)
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Range _columnsNameRange;
_columnsNameRange = _excelWorksheet.get_Range("A1", misValue).get_Resize(1, dataTable.Columns.Count);
// column names array to be assigned to _columnNameRange
string[] _arrColumnNames = new string[dataTable.Columns.Count];
for (int i = 0; i < dataTable.Columns.Count; i++)
{
// array of column names
_arrColumnNames[i] = dataTable.Columns[i].ColumnName;
}
// assign array to column headers range, make 'em bold
_columnsNameRange.set_Value(misValue, _arrColumnNames);
_columnsNameRange.Font.Bold = true;
// populate data content row by row
for (int Idx = 0; Idx < dataTable.Rows.Count; Idx++)
{
_excelWorksheet.Range["A2"].Offset[Idx].Resize[1, dataTable.Columns.Count].Value =
dataTable.Rows[Idx].ItemArray;
}
// Autofit all Columns in the range
_columnsNameRange.Columns.EntireColumn.AutoFit();
}
catch { throw; }
}
This will significantly improve the performance by exporting the entire data row at once instead of doing it cell-by-cell.
The only changes you have to make is to replace the line that adds new Workbook:
_excelWorkbook = _appExcel.Workbooks.Add(misValue);
with another one, opening the existing Excel File (e.g. "ExcelFilePath"), like:
_excelWorkbook = _appExcel.Workbooks.Open("ExcelFilePath",
Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing,
Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing,
Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing,
Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
Hope this may help.

Modify Interop Excel for Opening Existing File

I'm using Excel Interop for C# to export a datagridview to Excel and print it. I'm using this code:
try
{
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application excel = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application();
excel.Application.Workbooks.Add(true);
int ColumnIndex = 0;
int rowIndex = -1;
foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dataGridView1.Rows)
{
rowIndex++;
ColumnIndex = 0;
foreach (DataGridViewColumn col in dataGridView1.Columns)
{
ColumnIndex++;
excel.Cells[rowIndex + 1, ColumnIndex] = row.Cells[col.Name].Value;
}
}
excel.Visible = true;
excel.DisplayAlerts = false;
Worksheet worksheet = (Worksheet)excel.ActiveSheet;
worksheet.Activate();
worksheet.Cells.Style.HorizontalAlignment = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlHAlign.xlHAlignCenter;
worksheet.Range[worksheet.Cells[1, 1], worksheet.Cells[1, 7]].Merge();
worksheet.Range[worksheet.Cells[2, 1], worksheet.Cells[2, 7]].Merge();
worksheet.Range[worksheet.Cells[3, 1], worksheet.Cells[3, 7]].Merge();
worksheet.Range[worksheet.Cells[4, 1], worksheet.Cells[4, 4]].Merge();
worksheet.Cells[1, 1].Font.Bold = true;
worksheet.Range["A1"].Cells.Font.Size = 15;
worksheet.Range["A4"].Cells.Font.Size = 15;
worksheet.Range["B7"].Cells.Font.Size = 15;
worksheet.Range["B8"].Cells.Font.Size = 15;
worksheet.Range["B9"].Cells.Font.Size = 15;
worksheet.Range["A11"].Cells.Font.Size = 15;
worksheet.Range["B13"].Cells.Font.Size = 15;
worksheet.PrintOut(Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
GC.Collect();
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
excel.Quit();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error de exportación.");
}
It works fine, but I need to open an existing file to do this same thing to avoid reconfiguration of the printing margins. I checked other similar questions and tried to apply the "workBook = oXL.Workbooks.Open("path", ...);" but it can make it work. Any thoughts?

To open a file use the open method.
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbooks wkbks = null;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook wkbk = null;
wkbks = excel.Workbooks;
wkbk = wkbks.Open(xlsFileName);
At the end of your method you should do a cleanup on all your interop variables:
if (wkbk != null)
{
try
{
wkbk.Close(false);
}
catch
{
}
Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(wkbk);
wkbk = null;
}

Error while exporting datatable to Excel

I am using below code to export excel using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel. [Ms office 2003].
I need to export around 150000 rows can have maximum 300 columns.
but getting error on Get_Range. [ Working fine for 50000 rows and 40 columns]
public static void ExportToExcel(DataTable dt, string outputPath)
{
try
{
// Create the Excel Application object
ApplicationClass excelApp = new ApplicationClass();
// Create a new Excel Workbook
Workbook excelWorkbook = excelApp.Workbooks.Add(Type.Missing);
int sheetIndex = 0;
// Copy each DataTable
// Copy the DataTable to an object array
object[,] rawData = new object[dt.Rows.Count + 1, dt.Columns.Count];
// Copy the column names to the first row of the object array
for (int col = 0; col < dt.Columns.Count; col++)
{
rawData[0, col] = dt.Columns[col].ColumnName;
}
// Copy the values to the object array
for (int col = 0; col < dt.Columns.Count; col++)
{
for (int row = 0; row < dt.Rows.Count; row++)
{
rawData[row + 1, col] = dt.Rows[row].ItemArray[col];
}
}
// Calculate the final column letter
string finalColLetter = string.Empty;
string colCharset = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
int colCharsetLen = colCharset.Length;
if (dt.Columns.Count > colCharsetLen)
{
finalColLetter = colCharset.Substring(
(dt.Columns.Count - 1) / colCharsetLen - 1, 1);
}
finalColLetter += colCharset.Substring(
(dt.Columns.Count - 1) % colCharsetLen, 1);
// Create a new Sheet
Worksheet excelSheet = (Worksheet)excelWorkbook.Sheets.Add(
excelWorkbook.Sheets.get_Item(++sheetIndex),
Type.Missing, 1, XlSheetType.xlWorksheet);
excelSheet.Name = "data";
// Fast data export to Excel
string excelRange = string.Format("A1:{0}{1}",
finalColLetter, dt.Rows.Count + 1);
//excelSheet.get_Range(
excelSheet.get_Range(excelRange, Type.Missing).Value2 = rawData;
// Mark the first row as BOLD
((Range)excelSheet.Rows[1, Type.Missing]).Font.Bold = true;
// Save and Close the Workbook
excelWorkbook.SaveAs("C:\\Dashsrv\\data.Xls", XlFileFormat.xlWorkbookNormal, Type.Missing,
Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, XlSaveAsAccessMode.xlExclusive,
Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
excelWorkbook.Close(true, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
excelWorkbook = null;
// Release the Application object
excelApp.Quit();
excelApp = null;
// Collect the unreferenced objects
GC.Collect();
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
MessageBox.Show("File created at");
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
Getting error on below line of code
[{"Exception from HRESULT: 0x800A03EC"}]
excelSheet.get_Range(excelRange, Type.Missing).Value2 = rawData;
IS Get_Range() has some limitation for rows/Columns?
As I know for MS Office 2003 column's limit is 256, not sure about rows limt.
Thanks

Excel 2003 can have a maximum of 65536 rows in a single worksheet (specification)
Excel 2007 and newer can have 1048576 rows (specification: Excel 2007, Excel 2010 and Excel 2013)

Excel 2003 row limit is 65,536 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/120596