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 VB.NET 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 VB.NET code that imports data from Excel to DataSet
Execute the following VB.NET code that imports from Excel to DataSet.
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------
' Tutorial 34
'
' This tutorial shows how to import Excel to DataSet in VB.NET. The data
' is imported from the active sheet of the Excel file (the Excel file
' generated in Tutorial 09).
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------Imports EasyXLS
Imports EasyXLS.Constants
Imports System.IO
Module Tutorial34
Sub Main()
Console.WriteLine("Tutorial 34" & vbCrLf & "----------" & vbCrLf)
' Create an instance of the class that imports Excel filesDim workbook As New ExcelDocument
' Import Excel file to DataSet
Console.WriteLine("Reading file C:\Samples\Tutorial09.xlsx." & vbCrLf)
TryDim ds As DataSet = workbook.easy_ReadXLSXActiveSheet_AsDataSet("C:\Samples\Tutorial09.xlsx")
' Display imported DataSet valuesDim dt As DataTable = ds.Tables(0)
For row As Integer = 0 To dt.Rows.Count - 1
For column As Integer = 0 To dt.Columns.Count - 1
Console.WriteLine("At row " & (row + 1) & ", column " & (column + 1) & _
" the value is '" & dt.Rows(row).ItemArray(column) & "'")
Next
Next
Catch ex As Exception
Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "Error reading file C:\Samples\Tutorial09.xlsx " & _
vbCrLf & workbook.easy_getError())
End Try' Dispose memory
workbook.Dispose()
Console.Write(vbCrLf & "Press Enter to Exit...")
Console.ReadLine()
End Sub
End Module
