OpenExcel(Stream,ExcelOpenFlags) Method

Opens an Excel Compound Document File and loads it into Spread.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function OpenExcel( _
   ByVal stream As Stream, _
   ByVal openFlags As ExcelOpenFlags _
) As Boolean

'Usage
 
Dim instance As FpSpread
Dim stream As Stream
Dim openFlags As ExcelOpenFlags
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = instance.OpenExcel(stream, openFlags)

public bool OpenExcel( 
   Stream stream,
   ExcelOpenFlags openFlags
)

Parameters

stream: Stream
openFlags: Open flag

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentNullException	No stream specified or specified stream is null
System.ArgumentException	No stream specified or specified stream is empty

Example

This example opens an Excel file from a stream.

string f;  
f = "D:\\formula1.xls";  
System.IO.FileStream s = new System.IO.FileStream(f, IO.FileMode.Open, IO.FileAccess.ReadWrite); 
fpSpread1.OpenExcel(s, FarPoint.Excel.ExcelOpenFlags.DataOnly);

Visual Basic

Dim f As String 
f = "D:\mptest.xls"
Dim s As New System.IO.FileStream(f, IO.FileMode.Open,IO.FileAccess.ReadWrite)
FpSpread1.OpenExcel(s, FarPoint.Excel.ExcelOpenFlags.DataOnly)

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

Reference

FpSpread Class
FpSpread Members
Overload List