Open XML SDK 2.0 - how to update a cell in a spreadsheet?

Question

I want to update a cell in a spreadsheet that is used by a chart, using the Open XML SDK 2.0 (CTP). All the code samples I have found insert new cells. I am struggling with

Answer 1

This is SDK 2.5 though, however, was very useful code found here: http://fczaja.blogspot.dk/2013/05/how-to-read-and-write-excel-cells-with.html

Needed to do a slight modification for text values to add them to the SharedStringTablePart.

// Given text and a SharedStringTablePart, creates a SharedStringItem with the specified text 
// and inserts it into the SharedStringTablePart. If the item already exists, returns its index.
private static int InsertSharedStringItem(string text, SharedStringTablePart shareStringPart)
{
    // If the part does not contain a SharedStringTable, create one.
    if (shareStringPart.SharedStringTable == null)
    {
        shareStringPart.SharedStringTable = new SharedStringTable();
    }

    int i = 0;

    // Iterate through all the items in the SharedStringTable. If the text already exists, return its index.
    foreach (SharedStringItem item in shareStringPart.SharedStringTable.Elements())
    {
        if (item.InnerText == text)
        {
            return i;
        }

        i++;
    }

    // The text does not exist in the part. Create the SharedStringItem and return its index.
    shareStringPart.SharedStringTable.AppendChild(new SharedStringItem(new Text(text)));
    shareStringPart.SharedStringTable.Save();

    return i;
}

And use it like this:

SharedStringTablePart shareStringPart = GetSharedStringTablePart(excelDoc);

// Insert the text into the SharedStringTablePart.
int index = InsertSharedStringItem(cellValue, shareStringPart);

// Set the value of cell A1.
cell.CellValue = new CellValue(index.ToString());
cell.DataType = new EnumValue(CellValues.SharedString);