To download the trial version of EasyXLS Excel Library, press the below button:
If you already own a license key, you may login and download EasyXLS from your account.
Install the downloaded EasyXLS installer for v8.6 or earlier.
Step 2: License file setup
Step required for EasyXLS v9.0 or later.
If you are using a trial, generate a trial license file from EasyXLS trials page. The trial license is valid for 30-days.
If you own a license key, you may login to the account that purchased the license and generate the license file from: https://www.easyxls.com/my-orders
Setup the license file into your project using these guidelines.
Step 3: Create a C# project
If don't have a project, create one as ASP.NET web application, windows forms app, console application, class library or service.
Step 4: Include EasyXLS library into project
EasyXLS.dll must be added as reference to your project. EasyXLS.dll can be found: - Inside the downloaded archive at Step 1 for EasyXLS v9.0 or later - Under installation path for EasyXLS v8.6 or earlier, in "Dot NET version" folder.
Step 5: Run C# code that reads XLS file
Execute the following C# code that imports an XLS file.
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Tutorial 37
*
* This tutorial shows how to read an Excel XLS file in C# (the
* XLS file generated by Tutorial 28 as base template), modify
* some data and save it to another XLS file (Tutorial37 - read XLS file.xls).
* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Data;
using EasyXLS;
public class Tutorial37
{
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Console.WriteLine("Tutorial 37\n-----------\n");
// Create an instance of the class that reads Excel files
ExcelDocument workbook = new ExcelDocument();
// Read XLS file
Console.WriteLine("Reading file C:\\Samples\\Tutorial28.xls");if (workbook.easy_LoadXLSFile("C:\\Samples\\Tutorial28.xls"))
{
// Get the table of data for the second worksheet
ExcelTable xlsSecondTable =
((ExcelWorksheet)workbook.easy_getSheet("Second tab")).easy_getExcelTable();
// Write some data to the second sheet
xlsSecondTable.easy_getCell("A1").setValue("Data added by Tutorial37");
for (int column=0; column<5; column++)
{
xlsSecondTable.easy_getCell(1, column).setValue("Data " + (column + 1));
}
// Export the new XLS file
Console.WriteLine("\nWriting file C:\\Samples\\Tutorial37 - read XLS file.xls.");
workbook.easy_WriteXLSFile("C:\\Samples\\Tutorial37 - read XLS file.xls");
// Confirm export of Excel file
String sError = workbook.easy_getError();
if (sError.Equals(""))
Console.Write("\nFile successfully created.");
else
Console.Write("\nError encountered: " + sError);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Error reading file C:\\Samples\\Tutorial28.xls");
}
Console.WriteLine("\nPress Enter to exit ...");
// Dispose memory
workbook.Dispose();
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
