Accessing an open Excel Workbook in C#

Question

I need to access an excel file that is already open. I thought just inspecting the .Workbooks property that it would be there but it isn\'t. What is the right w

Answer 1

// creating Excel Application
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel._Application app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application();

// creating new WorkBook within Excel application
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel._Workbook workbook = app.Workbooks.Add(Type.Missing);

// creating new Excelsheet in workbook
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel._Worksheet worksheet = null;

// see the excel sheet behind the program
app.Visible = true;

// get the reference of first sheet. By default its name is Sheet1.
// store its reference to worksheet
worksheet = workbook.Sheets["Sheet1"];
worksheet = workbook.ActiveSheet;

// changing the name of active sheet
worksheet.Name = "Exported from gridview";

try
{
    // storing header part in Excel
    for (int i = 1; i < dgvRESULTS.Columns.Count + 1; i++)
    {
        worksheet.Cells[1, i] = dgvRESULTS.Columns[i - 1].HeaderText;
        worksheet.Cells[1, i].Interior.Color = System.Drawing.Color.LightYellow;
    }

    // storing Each row and column value to excel sheet
    for (int i = 0; i < dgvRESULTS.Rows.Count - 1; i++)
    {
        for (int j = 0; j < dgvRESULTS.Columns.Count; j++)
        {
            if (dgvRESULTS.Rows[i].Cells[j].Value != null)
            {
                worksheet.Cells[i + 2, j + 1] = dgvRESULTS.Rows[i].Cells[j].Value.ToString();
                //worksheet.Cells[i + 2, j + 1].Interior.Color = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.ToOle(dgvRESULTS.Rows[i].DefaultCellStyle.BackColor);
            }
            else
            {
                worksheet.Cells[i + 2, j + 1] = "";
            }
        }
    }
}
catch(NullReferenceException ne)
{
}
string filePath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop);
// save the application
workbook.SaveAs(filePath +"\\output.xls", Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode.xlExclusive, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);

// Exit from the application
app.Quit();