Spread Windows Forms 11.0 Product Documentation
OpenExcel(String,String) Method
Example 


FarPoint.Win.Spread Assembly > FarPoint.Win.Spread Namespace > SheetView Class > OpenExcel Method : OpenExcel(String,String) Method
Path and name of the file to open
Name of the sheet to load from the file
Opens an Excel file and loads the specified sheet (by name) from that file into this sheet.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function OpenExcel( _
   ByVal fileName As String, _
   ByVal excelSheetName As String _
) As Boolean
'Usage
 
Dim instance As SheetView
Dim fileName As String
Dim excelSheetName As String
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = instance.OpenExcel(fileName, excelSheetName)
public bool OpenExcel( 
   string fileName,
   string excelSheetName
)

Parameters

fileName
Path and name of the file to open
excelSheetName
Name of the sheet to load from the file

Return Value

Boolean: true if successful; false otherwise
Example
This example open an Excel file and loads it in the active sheet.
OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog();
string s;
ofd.Filter = "Excel files (*.xls)|*.xls";
ofd.FilterIndex = 2;
ofd.InitialDirectory = Application.StartupPath;
ofd.RestoreDirectory = true;
if (ofd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) 
{
    s = ofd.FileName;
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.OpenExcel(s, "Sheet1");
}
Dim s As String
Dim ofd As New OpenFileDialog()
ofd.Filter = "Excel files (*.xls)|*.xls"
ofd.FilterIndex = 2
ofd.InitialDirectory = Application.StartupPath
ofd.RestoreDirectory = True
If ofd.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
    s = ofd.FileName
    FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.OpenExcel(s, "Sheet1")
End If
See Also

Reference

SheetView Class
SheetView Members
Overload List