Im looking into learning OLEdb to run with Excel, Where do i start? has anyone got the full default sample code? and how do i need to set up the Excel test file. Sounds daft but im looking at the system namespace for it and its just looking bafling. What not to put on an Employee evaluation: This employee has hit rock bottom and shows signs of starting to dig.
View 8 RepliesI am using asp.net oledb to export information to excel file. I encounter problems when the information to export becomes too big, in this case the code I have given below, the excel file generated becomes an empty spreadsheet.If I changed the loop to 1123 for insertion of the rows. The generated excel file is fine, 1125 rows, and 4 columns shown.A test program in windows form is also working fine regardless of how many rows.[code]I couldn't find a solution to my problem as well. What I did eventually was to run the process using another separate windows service. The code works perfectly fine running from a windows form or service program, but not asp.net, not sure why.
View 1 RepliesI am trying to retrieve the data from EXCEL 2003 spreadsheet from row 8 onwards because from Row 1 to Row 7 the row is merged columns from A1 to K1, A2 to K2, A3 to K3, A4 to K4, A5 to K5, A6 to K6, A7 to K7.
View 28 RepliesI have always used Excel.interop before but I thought oledb would be simpler because, for this application, I only have to read the data which it can't seem to do. It accesses the file alright because I can't open the file while I am at a breakpoint. It attempts to read the file because oExcelReader.fieldcount = 14 which is correct. oExcelReader.hasrows = true which is not correct. The line where I use getstring(1) errors out and says there is no data for this row/column.
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I have some excel file, where I have to programatically delete all hidden columns.The problem if that, when I receive these files, the cells are mainly formulas, and as I delete some columns I get some "#REF#" problems.
I thought a bit about the problem an decided to create a function that loops throught all cells and replace the value by its own value, before deleting the columns, via OLEDB:
dt.Rows(row)(col) = dt.Rows(row)(col).ToString I don't know if this works. So I followed an update example I found in google, but it doesn't work:
Dim conexao_Excel As String = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OleDb.4.0;data source=" & fileName & ";Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1;"""
cn = New OleDbConnection(conexao_Excel)
cn.Open()
da = New OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM [" & sheetname & "]", cn)
da.Fill(dt)
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"Update requires a valid UpdateCommand when passed DataRow collection with modified rows." I image this is pretty basic, but I have already lost so much time on this issues...
Using OleDbDataReader, how does one determine if the Excel workbook is empty? BTW, OleDbDataReader.HasRows seems to always be True even for a workbook with no data.
View 1 RepliesI have this program that uses OLEDB connection to import excel file to data table then use it in other functions.Now I have this question: What are the possible limitations of OLEDB when it reads the Excel file. The File is on xls format, and I want to know if there is such limitations(for example: It has limitation in reading value on a cell).
View 6 RepliesI've done successful updates to Access databases with VB.net code using OleDb lines, with some sample code as follows:
Dim GRDatabase As OleDbConnection = New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.jet.oledb.4.0;data source=|DataDirectory|OWVGuestRegister.mdb")
Dim GRCommand As OleDbCommand
GRDatabase.Open()
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How to update Excel and Text files the same way?
How to read an Excel file without using OLEDB connection string?
View 2 RepliesJust wondering if i might hit a snag in my program. Ive got 10+ users using the same files, via a Oledb to put info into an excel spreadsheet. If 2 or more people save there file at the same time will the program go into read only on one person. Normally one 3 will use the file at one time. I know Sql itself would be better to use. best way i can describe it, normally using excel if you manage to open the same file twice one opens as normal but the other opens as a Read only file, will the same thing happen if im using Oledb connections?
View 2 RepliesHow can I read specific cell from Excel file using OLEDB Connection with VB.NET?
View 2 RepliesHow can we read an excel file without using Oledb?
View 3 RepliesFor my current Project I need to fetch the data from an excel file.Each second the data in the excel file is changing... What I want to do is, copy it from the excel and Validate it in every second.So I use an Oledb connection to get the data from Excel file... s working excellent for two hours... After 2 hours I am getting an error that"the connection for viewing your linked microsoft excel worksheet was lost......"
View 1 RepliesI'm reading in an excel file with the following code:
Function Read_Excel(ByVal sFile As String) As ADODB.Recordset
On Error GoTo fix_err
Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset
rs = New ADODB.Recordset
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Cells longer than 255 chars are getting truncated, and I'm not sure if there is a way to stop it easily?
Update: The truncation only seems to happen if I select Distinct. If I leave the Distinct off it shows the full cell.
I'm trying to connect excel sheet with VB 2008 in my project, but it show a error message: A first chance exception of type 'System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException' occurred in System.Data.dll
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Attempting to execute an update command against an Excel 2007 file gives the error:
Operation must use an updateable query. I'm using System.Data.OleDb with a connection string like this:
Dim strConn As String = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;" & _
"Data Source=""" & pathToFile & """;" & _
"Extended Properties=""Excel 12.0;HDR=YES"""
I have tried setting ReadOnly=false but that gives Could not find installable ISAM. I have also tried setting Mode=ReadWrite and IMEX=1 which didn't seem to have any effect. My update command is like this:
Dim cmd As OleDbCommand = con.CreateCommand()
cmd.CommandText = "UPDATE [" + sheetName + "] SET [Quantity Error] = 'test' WHERE [Full Name] = 'Mr. Brown White'"
where sheetName was obtained from querying the excel schema. Is it possible to do what I am trying to?
Originally I was using Office Interop to import data, but that was a headache and a half for both me and my computer. Right now I'm attempting to load it with ACE, but my data grid isn't being populated. Once that's up and running I need to know how to use that data in other ways, and how to grab specific cells of data from that dataset. I'm using Visual Studio 2008, by the way.
Public Function funcUpdate(ByVal sFileLoc As String) As Boolean
'Determine connection string properties
Dim dbProperty As String
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How to write into excel sheet using oledb connection or how to export dataset into excel sheet using oledb connection.
Iam using console application in vb.net. If there are any alternate ways to write into the excel files from dataset.
I'm trying to upgrade a VB6 app to VB 2008. I have read the article in the tutors corner about automating Excel from VB but I cannot get it to work. Heres what I have done:
1) set a reference to the Microsoft Excel 12.0 Object Library
2) Added "Imports Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel" to the top of the module
3) in a routine I have added: Dim X As New Excel.Application Here's where I get an error: Error 75 'Application' is ambiguous in the namespace 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel'.
I use the following code snippet
Dim exlapp As New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application
Dim xlWorkBook_new As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook
Dim strOriginal As String
strOriginal = Server.MapPath(Request.ApplicationPath & "/Attachments/") & "abc.xls"
xlWorkBook_new = exlapp.Workbooks.Open(strOriginal)
The code hangs in the last line. It works fine in the development environment. i deployed in windows server 2000 ,where I get this issue. the browser goes half way and throws the below exception after some time
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I have set the identity impersonate to true in web config. This should be mostly an access rights issue.I have even provided access rights for the "everyone " user in the excel file and as well for the interop component. Please post ur valuable comments.
I have this issue that occurs with me and driving me crazy i have a report that contains thousands of records and i need to export it to excel , but the excel normal extension .xls
is showing missing records at the end of the file , so i save my file as an .xlsx extension it saves correctly but when i open the file it generates an error
"Excel cannot open the file '<var>filename</var>.xlsx' because the file format for the file extension is not valid. Verify that the file has not been corrupted and that the file extension matches the format of the file."but when i test the file i drag it and open it in an empty notepad all the records shows up correctly
OVERVIEW:I am currently having an issue loading a large number of rows into Excel. I say large because the attached code in fact correctly inserts 50 rows into an Excel worksheet, however, as the number of rows increases to no more than500 rows the data is not inserted into the worksheet. No error is thrown by .net and the .xls filesize actually shows an increase in size, however, when the file is opened there are no rows in the spreadsheet..... Then, when the .xls file is closed the filesize is once again reduced.
Again, the code works for a small number of rows. Are there any known bugs with the OleDB driver for Excel?ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS:I have tried inserting rows to both Excel 2003 and 2007, same issue.I have tried closing the connection after each insert.... performance if horrible and it does not fix the problem.I have wrapped the ExecuteNonQuery in a transaction.... no go....
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A While back I developed a application that connected to Excel using DB connection. It worked fine since the application was designed for usage on one particular PC with Excel 2003. I especially liked the solution since the data retrieval was much faster compared to what I would get if I connected to Excel using Interop libraries.
However, recently when I tried to implement the same solution onto another app that would run on various PC that could use different versions of MS Office I ran into multiple problems. First of all, I can't use the same connection string on various versions. Also, the whole x64 vs x86 thing is adding to the problem.
I wonder if there is a way to check the version and use the apropriate connection string for every version?
I currently have some code to import a spread into a dataset but it is dependant on the name of the sheet ie sheet1$. I would like this import to work on the first sheet of a xls file no matter what the sheet name is.
vb
Private Function GetAllRows(ByRef objCon As OleDb.OleDbConnection) As DataSet
Dim results As New DataSet("ExcelRows")
Dim com As New OleDb.OleDbCommand("select * from [sheet1$]", objCon)
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I have a project that has a need to display a Excel file in second window, but because other controls are needed, simply launching excel is not sufficient. Right now I do not know if the target machines have excel installed but I know with certainty that if they do it would be 2010, is there any method or library that allows you frame your own form around an excel window?
View 1 RepliesI have an application the contains several excel files bundled with it. I'm not opening the files and processing them within my application. These files contain a data-connection to reload all of the pivot-tables within each excel file. I have a 'link' on my form, that when clicked, it determines which file to open and calls a sub using filename and executing Process.Start(filename) for any excel file I want to open. I have no problems opening any one of the files and then exiting excel.
The problem is when I 'close' a file, but don't exit Excel; then try to open another file(clicking link on form)... it creates a new instance of Excel.
I know from experimenting that the fileopendialog form will 'reuse' an existing Excel instance, IF it does not already have a file open.
How can I do the same thing without using the fileopendialog?
I don't want the end-user to have access to the folders where these files live. That's why I have multiple 'links' on my form, one for each xls that already exists. I just want them to be able to click on a link and the xls file opens AND if they choose to merely 'close' a file and not exit... Don't create a new instance of Excel, but re-use the existing one.
I took oledbconnection with excel file, after disposing this connection i m still unable to open that excel manually,It shows some access error.
View 1 RepliesI am uploading an excel file to my app and want to read it. Do I need to have excel loaded to read this?I am getting an error of Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Public Function GetExcelData(ByVal ExcelFilePath As String) As DataTable
Try
Dim OledbConnectionString As String = String.Empty
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I have a windows form application that when it starts needs to see if the user has Excel installed on the computer and if not display a message informing user that part of functionality will be disabled.
Is their an easy way to perform this check?
Working in Visual Studio 2008 with VB.Net
I need to create an excel file from the database records. I fetched and put the data in an excel file and tried to save that file as follows.
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