I wrote a program in C# that is supposed to convert each worksheet in my excel workbook to a csv and save it in their own files. The problem I'm having is that when I open each file, they all have the same content as the very last worksheet. Here is my code:
public void Main()
{
Excel.Application excelApp = new Excel.Application();
Excel.Workbook workbook = excelApp.Workbooks.Open(#"C:\Users\user\Desktop\Book1.xlsx");
foreach (Excel.Worksheet sht in workbook.Worksheets)
{
sht.Select();
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(sht.Name.ToString());
workbook.SaveAs(string.Format("{0}{1}.csv", #"C:\Users\user\Desktop\", sht.Name), Excel.XlFileFormat.xlCSV, Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode.xlNoChange);
}
workbook.Close(false);
Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success;
}
Any help would be great, thanks!
Update 1
I don't know if it's worth mentioning that I'm trying to do this through a script task in SSIS. So it's just one script task that I run that contains the code above.
Trying to figure out the issue
In normal cases, the code you provided will work perfectly. It may encounter some issue in case that the excel application has shown a message box, need permissions to enable editing, there are permissions issue to access other worksheets since they are protected ...
First of all, open the excel manually and check that you can access all worksheets and perform save operations manually. If you didn't encountered any issue, then you should prevent excel from showing message boxes or other promotion while using Interop.Excel library.
In addition, check that the Csv does not already exists in the destination path.
Try using a similar code:
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application excelApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application();
excelApp.Visible = false;
excelApp.DisplayAlerts = false;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook workbook = excelApp.Workbooks.Open(#"D:\Book1.xlsx");
workbook.DoNotPromptForConvert = true;
workbook.CheckCompatibility = false;
foreach (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet sht in workbook.Worksheets)
{
sht.Select();
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(sht.Name.ToString());
if (System.IO.File.Exists(string.Format("{0}{1}.csv", #"D:\", sht.Name)))
{
System.IO.File.Delete(string.Format("{0}{1}.csv", #"D:\", sht.Name);
}
workbook.SaveAs(string.Format("{0}{1}.csv", #"D:\", sht.Name),
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlFileFormat.xlCSV, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode.xlNoChange);
}
//workbook.Close(false);
workbook.Close(false, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
excelApp.Quit();
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(workbook);
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(excelApp);
I tested the following code and it converted all Worksheets successfully.
I receive some reports in an xslx file that has 2 sheets, the data is good but there's no formatting done on the file. Most of the posts I found talk about formatting the file while creating it, but I'm wondering if there's a way I can work the file with c# code after receiving it (ex : fit columns to content)?
Thank you.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using ClosedXML;
using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;
using Microsoft.CSharp;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office.Excel;
namespace ExcelFormatter
{
class MainScript
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
string file = args[0];
Excel.Application xlApp;
Excel.Workbook xlWorkBook;
Excel.Worksheet xlWorkSheet;
object misValue = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
Excel.Range chartRange;
xlApp = new Excel.Application();
xlWorkBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Add(file);
xlWorkSheet = (Excel.Worksheet)xlWorkBook.Worksheets.get_Item(1);
chartRange = xlWorkSheet.get_Range("A1", "F1");
chartRange.Cells.Font.Bold = true;
xlWorkBook.Save();
xlWorkBook.Close(true, file, misValue);
xlApp.Quit();
}
}
}
I use ClosedXML to manipulate Excel files that have been created using the OpenXML standard. It found it to be easy to use and allowed me to do a lot of things to my documents. Hope this helps.
Wade
Here is an example of what I have done. It is in VB.Net, but you should be able to convert it with no problem.
'Open the workbook and then open the worksheet I want to work with.
Dim workbook = New XLWorkbook("<filepath>")
Dim worksheet = workbook.Worksheet("<worksheetname>")
' Throw an exception if there is no sheet.
If worksheet Is Nothing Then
Throw New ArgumentException("Sheet is missing")
End If
'Set number formatting. You can look at the closedxml documentation to see what the number should be
worksheet.Cell("G5").Style.NumberFormat.SetNumberFormatId(1)
'Merge and style a group of cells
Dim cellRange = "A1:A12"
worksheet.Range(cellRange).Merge.Value = colName
worksheet.Range(cellRange).Style.Fill.BackgroundColor = XLColor.Black
worksheet.Range(cellRange).Style.Font.FontColor = XLColor.White
worksheet.Range(cellRange).Style.Alignment.Horizontal = XLAlignmentHorizontalValues.Center
'Auto adjust the column widths
worksheet.Columns.AdjustToContents()
workbook.SaveAs("<filename>")
You can use EasyXLS to import the xlsx file and after that to apply the format that you need:
// Create an instance of the class that imports XLSX files
ExcelDocument workbook = new ExcelDocument();
// Import XLSX file
workbook.easy_LoadXLSXFile(filePath);
// Get the table of data from the first sheet
ExcelTable xlsTable = ((ExcelWorksheet)workbook.easy_getSheetAt(0)).easy_getExcelTable();
// Create the formatting style for cells
ExcelStyle xlsStyle = new ExcelStyle();
xlsStyle.setHorizontalAlignment(Alignment.ALIGNMENT_LEFT);
xlsStyle.setForeground(Color.DarkGray);
//Apply the formatting to A1 cell
xlsTable.easy_getCell(0, 0).setStyle(xlsStyle);
// Resave the XLSX file
workbook.easy_WriteXLSXFile(newFormattedFilePath);
Check this link on formatting Excel cells fro more specific details.
I have a macro-enabled Excel file "D:\MyTests\ExcelTests\template.xlsm" with no data in it, only the VBA code, and my C# code needs to output a workbook data over there. Normally I output workbook data like this:
Excel.Application application = new Excel.Application();
Excel.Workbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Add();
Excel.Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Sheets[1];
Excel.Worksheet worksheet2 = workbook.Sheets[2];
// populate worksheets with some data
DataTable2Worksheet(tableMain, worksheet, verSize);
DataTable2Worksheet(tableExtra, worksheet2, 0);
string fileName = #"D:\MyTests\ExcelTests\newFile";
if (File.Exists(fileName ))
{
File.Delete(fileName );
}
workbook.SaveAs(fileName);
workbook.Close();
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(application);
but this creates a new file (which cannot be macros enabled programmatically). If I want to output the workbook to existing file
string existingFile = #"D:\MyTests\ExcelTests\template.xlsm"
the method
workbook.SaveAs(existingFile );
won't work. So, what should I do instead? Thanks.
Save the file specifically in xlOpenXMLWorkbookMacroEnabled format:
string existingFile = #"D:\MyTests\ExcelTests\template.xlsm"
workbook.SaveAs(existingFile, 52);
I am trying to add a button on an excel worksheet.
According to the example from internet, I am trying to do following code.
using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;
using VBIDE = Microsoft.Vbe.Interop;
private static void excelAddButtonWithVBA()
{
Excel.Application xlApp = new Excel.Application();
Excel.Workbook xlBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(#"PATH_TO_EXCEL_FILE");
Excel.Worksheet wrkSheet = xlBook.Worksheets[1];
Excel.Range range;
try
{
//set range for insert cell
range = wrkSheet.get_Range("A1:A1");
//insert the dropdown into the cell
Excel.Buttons xlButtons = wrkSheet.Buttons();
Excel.Button xlButton = xlButtons.Add((double)range.Left, (double)range.Top, (double)range.Width, (double)range.Height);
//set the name of the new button
xlButton.Name = "btnDoSomething";
xlButton.Text = "Click me!";
xlButton.OnAction = "btnDoSomething_Click";
buttonMacro(xlButton.Name, xlApp, xlBook, wrkSheet);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
}
xlApp.Visible = true;
}
But it keeps saying "Excel does not contain Button"
What reference should I include to use Button property?
As far as I can tell, Excel.Buttons and Excel.Button do not exist. Instead it is suggested that the correct reference is Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Controls.Button (not Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel as you are using). This example is from the source below
Excel.Application xlApp = new Excel.Application();
Excel.Workbook xlBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(#"PATH_TO_EXCEL_FILE");
Excel.Worksheet worksheet = xlBook.Worksheets[1];
Excel.Range selection = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.Selection as Excel.Range;
if (selection != null)
{
Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Controls.Button button =
new Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Controls.Button();
worksheet.Controls.AddControl(button, selection, "Button");
}
Source: Adding Controls to a Worksheet at Run Time in an Application-Level Project http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc442817.aspx
Using Lesley.Oakey's method requires you to be using the VSTO extension methods in Microsoft.Tools.Office.Excel.
If you are not using them, then you will not be able to access the Worksheet.Controls property.
Best to just use the Worksheet.Shapes container and add a new shape. There's a great post about this here:
Add excel vba code to button using c#
I am just starting to fiddle with Excel via C# to be able to automate the creation, and addition to an Excel file.
I can open the file and update its data and move through the existing worksheets. My problem is how can I add new sheets?
I tried:
Excel.Worksheet newWorksheet;
newWorksheet = (Excel.Worksheet)excelApp.ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Add(
Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
But I get below COM Exception and my googling has not given me any answer.
Exception from HRESULT: 0x800A03EC Source is: "Interop.Excel"
I am hoping someone maybe able to put me out of my misery.
You need to add a COM reference in your project to the "Microsoft Excel 11.0 Object Library" - or whatever version is appropriate.
This code works for me:
private void AddWorksheetToExcelWorkbook(string fullFilename,string worksheetName)
{
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application xlApp = null;
Workbook xlWorkbook = null;
Sheets xlSheets = null;
Worksheet xlNewSheet = null;
try {
xlApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application();
if (xlApp == null)
return;
// Uncomment the line below if you want to see what's happening in Excel
// xlApp.Visible = true;
xlWorkbook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(fullFilename, 0, false, 5, "", "",
false, XlPlatform.xlWindows, "",
true, false, 0, true, false, false);
xlSheets = xlWorkbook.Sheets as Sheets;
// The first argument below inserts the new worksheet as the first one
xlNewSheet = (Worksheet)xlSheets.Add(xlSheets[1], Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
xlNewSheet.Name = worksheetName;
xlWorkbook.Save();
xlWorkbook.Close(Type.Missing,Type.Missing,Type.Missing);
xlApp.Quit();
}
finally {
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlNewSheet);
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlSheets);
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlWorkbook);
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlApp);
xlApp = null;
}
}
Note that you want to be very careful about properly cleaning up and releasing your COM object references. Included in that StackOverflow question is a useful rule of thumb: "Never use 2 dots with COM objects". In your code; you're going to have real trouble with that. My demo code above does NOT properly clean up the Excel app, but it's a start!
Some other links that I found useful when looking into this question:
Opening and Navigating Excel with C#
How to: Use COM Interop to Create an Excel Spreadsheet (C# Programming Guide)
How to: Add New Worksheets to Workbooks
According to MSDN
To use COM interop, you must have
administrator or Power User security
permissions.
Hope that helps.
Would like to thank you for some excellent replies. #AR., your a star and it works perfectly. I had noticed last night that the Excel.exe was not closing; so I did some research and found out about how to release the COM objects. Here is my final code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Reflection;
using System.IO;
using Excel;
namespace testExcelconsoleApp
{
class Program
{
private String fileLoc = #"C:\temp\test.xls";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Program p = new Program();
p.createExcel();
}
private void createExcel()
{
Excel.Application excelApp = null;
Excel.Workbook workbook = null;
Excel.Sheets sheets = null;
Excel.Worksheet newSheet = null;
try
{
FileInfo file = new FileInfo(fileLoc);
if (file.Exists)
{
excelApp = new Excel.Application();
workbook = excelApp.Workbooks.Open(fileLoc, 0, false, 5, "", "",
false, XlPlatform.xlWindows, "",
true, false, 0, true, false, false);
sheets = workbook.Sheets;
//check columns exist
foreach (Excel.Worksheet sheet in sheets)
{
Console.WriteLine(sheet.Name);
sheet.Select(Type.Missing);
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(sheet);
}
newSheet = (Worksheet)sheets.Add(sheets[1], Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
newSheet.Name = "My New Sheet";
newSheet.Cells[1, 1] = "BOO!";
workbook.Save();
workbook.Close(null, null, null);
excelApp.Quit();
}
}
finally
{
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(newSheet);
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(sheets);
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(workbook);
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(excelApp);
newSheet = null;
sheets = null;
workbook = null;
excelApp = null;
GC.Collect();
}
}
}
}
Thank you for all your help.
Another "Up Tick" for AR..., but if you don't have to use interop I would avoid it altogether. This product is actually quite interesting:
http://www.clearoffice.com/ and it provides a very intuitive, fully managed, api for manipulation excel files and seems to be free. (at least for the time being) SpreadSheetGear is also excellent but pricey.
my two cents.
Do not forget to include Reference to Microsoft Excel 12.0/11.0 object Library
using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;
// Include this Namespace
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application xlApp = null;
Excel.Workbook xlWorkbook = null;
Excel.Sheets xlSheets = null;
Excel.Worksheet xlNewSheet = null;
string worksheetName ="Sheet_Name";
object readOnly1 = false;
object isVisible = true;
object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
try
{
xlApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application();
if (xlApp == null)
return;
// Uncomment the line below if you want to see what's happening in Excel
// xlApp.Visible = true;
xlWorkbook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(#"C:\Book1.xls", missing, readOnly1, missing, missing, missing, missing, missing, missing, missing, missing, isVisible, missing, missing, missing);
xlSheets = (Excel.Sheets)xlWorkbook.Sheets;
// The first argument below inserts the new worksheet as the first one
xlNewSheet = (Excel.Worksheet)xlSheets.Add(xlSheets[1], Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
xlNewSheet.Name = worksheetName;
xlWorkbook.Save();
xlWorkbook.Close(Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
xlApp.Quit();
}
finally
{
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlNewSheet);
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlSheets);
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlWorkbook);
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlApp);
//xlApp = null;
}
You can use OLEDB to create and manipulate Excel files. See this question for links and samples.
Here are a couple things I figured out:
You can't open more than one instance of the same object at the same time. For Example if you instanciate a new excel sheet object called xlsheet1 you have to release it before creating another excel sheet object ex xlsheet2. It seem as COM looses track of the object and leaves a zombie process on the server.
Using the open method associated with excel.workbooks also becomes difficult to close if you have multiple users accessing the same file. Use the Add method instead, it works just as good without locking the file. eg. xlBook = xlBooks.Add("C:\location\XlTemplate.xls")
Place your garbage collection in a separate block or method after releasing the COM objects.
COM is definitely not a good way to go. More specifically, it's a no go if you're dealing with web environment...
I've used with success the following open source projects:
ExcelPackage for OOXML formats (Office 2007)
NPOI for .XLS format (Office 2003)
Take a look at these blog posts:
Creating Excel spreadsheets .XLS and .XLSX in C#
NPOI with Excel Table and dynamic Chart
This is what i used to add addtional worksheet
Workbook workbook = null;
Worksheet worksheet = null;
workbook = app.Workbooks.Add(1);
workbook.Sheets.Add();
Worksheet additionalWorksheet = workbook.ActiveSheet;
I had a similar problem application-level add-in in VSTO, the exception HRESULT: 0x800A03EC when adding new sheet.
The error code 0x800A03EC (or -2146827284) means NAME_NOT_FOUND; in
other words, you've asked for something, and Excel can't find it.
Dominic Zukiewicz # Excel error HRESULT: 0x800A03EC while trying to get range with cell's name
Then I finally realized ThisWorkbook triggered the exception. ActiveWorkbook went OK.
Excel.Worksheet newSheetException = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Add(Type.Missing, sheet, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
Excel.Worksheet newSheetNoException = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets.Add(Type.Missing, sheet, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);