How to read excel file in C#
By FoxLearn 7/16/2024 8:55:14 AM 10.05K
Open your Visual Studio, then 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
How to read excel file in C#
To read an Excel file with the .xls extension using ExcelDataReader in a C# Windows Forms application, you first need to install the ExcelDataReader package via NuGet Package Manager by right-clicking 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).
Design your form as below
Add code to handle your form as below
DataSet result; // c# read excel file 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]; }
In this example, when the user clicks the Open button (btnOpen_Click
event), an OpenFileDialog is shown to select an Excel file, then use ExcelDataReader
to read an excel file in c#.
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