Step 1: Click New Project, then select Visual C# on the left, then Windows and then select Windows Forms Application. Name your project "ReadExcelFile" and then click OK
Step 2: Right click on your project select Manage NuGet Packages -> Search ExcelDataReader -> Install

Lightweight and fast library written in C# for reading Microsoft Excel files (2.0-2007).
Step 3: Design your form as below

Step 4: Add code to handle your form as below
using Excel;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace ReadExcelFile
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
DataSet result;
private void btnOpen_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
using(OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog() { Filter="Excel Workbook|*.xls", ValidateNames = true })
{
if (ofd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
//Read excel file
FileStream fs = File.Open(ofd.FileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
IExcelDataReader reader = ExcelReaderFactory.CreateBinaryReader(fs);
reader.IsFirstRowAsColumnNames = true;
result = reader.AsDataSet();
cboSheet.Items.Clear();
//Add sheet to combobox
foreach (DataTable dt in result.Tables)
cboSheet.Items.Add(dt.TableName);
reader.Close();
}
}
}
private void cboSheet_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//Select sheet
dataGridView.DataSource = result.Tables[cboSheet.SelectedIndex];
}
}
}
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