Using C to read write Excel files xls xlsx

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How can I read and write Excel files in C   I ve already added the Excel Objects Library to my project  but I m not getting a clear enough description of what needs to be done to access the files   Please help me understand and  when explaining  please keep in mind I m kind of new to this but I m not a complete newbie  I study a lot  so I m not totally ignorant

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If you are doing simple manipulation and can tie yourself to xlsx then you can look into manipulating the XML yourself. I have done it and found it to be faster than grokking the excel libs.

There are also 3rd party libs that can be easier to use... and can be used on the server which MS's can't.

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If you want easy to use libraries  you can use the NUGET packages   ExcelDataReader - to read Excel files  most file formats  SwiftExcel  - to write Excel files   xlsx   Note these are 3rd-Party packages - you can use them for basic functionality for free  but if you want more features there might be a  quot pro quot  version  They are using a two-dimensional object array  i e  object     cells  to read   write data

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Reading the Excel File     string filePath     d  MyExcel xlsx   Excel Application xlApp   new Excel Application      Excel Workbook xlWorkBook   xlApp Workbooks Open filePath     Excel Worksheet xlWorkSheet    Excel Worksheet xlWorkBook Worksheets get Item 1      Excel Range xlRange   xlWorkSheet UsedRange    int totalRows   xlRange Rows Count    int totalColumns   xlRange Columns Count     string firstValue  secondValue     for  int rowCount   1  rowCount  lt   totalRows  rowCount              firstValue   Convert ToString  xlRange Cells rowCount  1  as Excel Range  Text         secondValue   Convert ToString  xlRange Cells rowCount  2  as Excel Range  Text         Console WriteLine firstValue     t    secondValue         xlWorkBook Close      xlApp Quit         Writting the Excel File     Excel Application xlApp   new Excel Application    object misValue   System Reflection Missing Value     Excel Workbook xlWorkBook   xlApp Workbooks Add misValue     Excel Worksheet xlWorkSheet    Excel Worksheet xlWorkBook Worksheets get Item 1      xlWorkSheet Cells 1  1     ID     xlWorkSheet Cells 1  2     Name     xlWorkSheet Cells 2  1     100     xlWorkSheet Cells 2  2     John     xlWorkSheet Cells 3  1     101     xlWorkSheet Cells 3  2     Herry      xlWorkBook SaveAs filePath  Excel XlFileFormat xlOpenXMLWorkbook  misValue  misValue  misValue  misValue    Excel XlSaveAsAccessMode xlExclusive  misValue  misValue  misValue  misValue  misValue        xlWorkBook Close      xlApp Quit

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I use NPOI for all my Excel needs   http   npoi codeplex com   Comes with a solution of examples for many common Excel tasks

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You can use Excel Automation  it is basically a COM Base stuff  e g   Excel Application xlApp   Excel Workbook xlWorkBook   Excel Worksheet xlWorkSheet     xlApp   new Excel ApplicationClass    xlWorkBook   xlApp Workbooks Open  1 xls   0  true  5          true  Microsoft Office Interop Excel XlPlatform xlWindows    t   false  false  0  true  1  0   xlWorkSheet    Excel Worksheet xlWorkBook Worksheets get Item 1     Link to the full tutorial

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I m a big fan of using EPPlus to perform these types of actions  EPPlus is a library you can reference in your project and easily create modify spreadsheets on a server  I use it for any project that requires an export function   Here s a nice blog entry that shows how to use the library  though the library itself should come with some samples that explain how to use it   Third party libraries are a lot easier to use than Microsoft COM objects  in my opinion  I would suggest giving it a try

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