OpenExcel(String,ExcelOpenFlags,String) Method

Opens an Excel-compatible file and loads it into Spread.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function OpenExcel( _
   ByVal fileName As String, _
   ByVal openFlags As ExcelOpenFlags, _
   ByVal password As String _
) As Boolean

'Usage
 
Dim instance As FpSpread
Dim fileName As String
Dim openFlags As ExcelOpenFlags
Dim password As String
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = instance.OpenExcel(fileName, openFlags, password)

public bool OpenExcel( 
   string fileName,
   ExcelOpenFlags openFlags,
   string password
)

Parameters

fileName: Path and name of file
openFlags: Open flag
password: Password of 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 uses the OpenExcel method.

string f;  
f = "D:\\mptest.xls";  
fpSpread1.OpenExcel(f, FarPoint.Excel.ExcelOpenFlags.DataOnly, "test");

Visual Basic

Dim f As String 
f = "D:\mptest.xls"
FpSpread1.OpenExcel(f, FarPoint.Excel.ExcelOpenFlags.DataOnly, "test")

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