Cannot Read Numeric Values From Excel File
Sep 25, 2009
I am trying to read data with a test routine from a fairly simple 3rd party Excel file. The file has three sheets and was created by Open Office 3.x as an 'Excel 97/2000/XP .xls' file. The later, still to be programmed, application must later run on machines with Windows XP Professional using the 2.0 .net framework and no Office package installed. The content of the file does not need to be modified by the later application. For some reason, numeric values are not read correctly. They "convert" to DBNull. I've searched around a bit but not found a 'simple' solution for solving this problem. Adding 'IMEX=1' or 'HDR=Yes;IMEX=1' to the connection string results in an error 'Installierbares ISAM nicht gefunden' (installable ISAM not found).
Based on various examples I've found, I've written the following test code:
Option Strict On
Option Explicit On
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.OleDb
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
[Code] .....
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I'm having problem reading Binary file that has two types of data in it; Strings and numeric data in decimal format.[code]...
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4. As you can see in the code, I've tried writing data in a file, but it doesn't work.. Messagebox does show some data (even though it's not accurate), the file however doesn't contain any data..
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Dim Polku = fdlg.FileName
Dim XL_App As New Excel.Application
Dim XL_WB As Excel.Workbook = XL_App.Workbooks.Open(Polku)
Dim XL_WS1 As Excel.Worksheet = XL_WB.Worksheets(1)
with ComboBox1
[Code] .....
All I get are 10 values that are:
System.__ComObject
Even though I should get in the dropdown list:
No:
Title
Dept.
Item
Spec.
Size.
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Dim rd As New BinaryReader(fs)
Dim convertDB As UInt16
For i = 0 To rd.BaseStream.Length
[code]....
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Dim
wb As
Excel.Workbook<br/>
[Code].....
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Try
Dim OledbConnectionString As String = String.Empty
[code]....
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Code:
Private Function GetExcelConnection(ByVal Path As String, _
Optional ByVal Headers As Boolean = True) As Connection
Dim strConn As String
[Code]....
Its was used in VB6... do i need to do something special in Visual Studio 2010?
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Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load( _
ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles MyBase.Load
[Code] .....
Warning1Namespace or type specified in the Imports 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel' doesn't contain any public member or cannot be found. Make sure the namespace or the type is defined and contains at least one public member. Make sure the imported element name doesn't use any aliases.C:UsersksimonsAppDataLocalTemporary ProjectsWindowsApplication3Form1.vb19WindowsApplication3
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Public Class testclass
Private wrkbk As Excel.Workbook
Private sht As Excel.Sheets
[code]....
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[Code]...
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[Code]...
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Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
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[Code]....
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[Code]...
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[Code]....
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[Code]....
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