Spread Windows Forms 12.0 Product Documentation
OpenExcel(String) Method
Example 


FarPoint.Win.Spread Assembly > FarPoint.Win.Spread Namespace > FpSpread Class > OpenExcel Method : OpenExcel(String) Method
Path and name of file to open
Opens an Excel-compatible file and loads it into Spread.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function OpenExcel( _
   ByVal fileName As String _
) As Boolean
'Usage
 
Dim instance As FpSpread
Dim fileName As String
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = instance.OpenExcel(fileName)
public bool OpenExcel( 
   string fileName
)

Parameters

fileName
Path and name of file to open

Return Value

Boolean: true if successful; false otherwise
Exceptions
ExceptionDescription
Specified file is not found
No file name is specified (or specified file name is null)
No file name is specified (or specified file name is empty)
Example

This example opens the specified file and determines if it meets the minimal requirements to be considered a structured storage file containing an Excel workbook.

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 fileName;
fileName = "..\\..\\bin\\Book1.xls";
try
{
     fpSpread1.OpenExcel(fileName);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
     listBox1.Items.Add(ex.ToString());
}
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 fileName As String
fileName = "..\bin\Book1.xls"
Try
     fpSpread1.OpenExcel(fileName)
Catch ex As Exception
     ListBox1.Items.Add(ex.ToString())
End Try
See Also

Reference

FpSpread Class
FpSpread Members
Overload List