GetExcelSheetNames(String) Method

Gets an array of sheet names from the specified Excel-compatible file.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Shared Function GetExcelSheetNames( _
   ByVal fileName As String _
) As String()

'Usage
 
Dim fileName As String
Dim value() As String
 
value = FpSpread.GetExcelSheetNames(fileName)

public static string[] GetExcelSheetNames( 
   string fileName
)

Parameters

fileName: Path and name of file

Return Value

String array containing the names of the sheets in the Excel-compatible file

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.IO.FileNotFoundException	Specified file is not found
System.ArgumentNullException	No file name is specified (or specified file name is null)
System.ArgumentException	No file name is specified (or specified file name is empty)

Example

This example gets an array of sheet names from the specified Excel file.

FarPoint.Win.Spread.FpSpread fpSpread1 = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.FpSpread();
FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView shv = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView();
fpSpread1.Location = new Point(10, 10);
fpSpread1.Height = 200;
fpSpread1.Width = 400;
Controls.Add(fpSpread1);
fpSpread1.Sheets.Add(shv);
String[] sheetNames = FarPoint.Win.Spread.FpSpread.GetExcelSheetNames("..\\..\\bin\\Book1.xls");
listBox1.Items.Add(sheetNames[0].ToString());

Visual Basic

Dim fpSpread1 As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.FpSpread()
Dim shv As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView()
fpSpread1.Location = New Point(10, 10)
fpSpread1.Height = 200
fpSpread1.Width = 400
Controls.Add(fpSpread1)
fpSpread1.Sheets.Add(shv)
Dim sheetNames As [String]() = fpSpread1.GetExcelSheetNames("..\bin\Book1.xls")
ListBox1.Items.Add(sheetNames(0).ToString())

Reference

FpSpread Class
FpSpread Members
Overload List