Hi I am having a list container which contains the list of values. I wish to export the list values directly to Excel. Is there any way to do it directly?
OK, here is a step-by-step guide if you want to use COM.
using NsExcel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;
public void ListToExcel(List<string> list)
{
//start excel
NsExcel.ApplicationClass excapp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.ApplicationClass();
//if you want to make excel visible
excapp.Visible = true;
//create a blank workbook
var workbook = excapp.Workbooks.Add(NsExcel.XlWBATemplate.xlWBATWorksheet);
//or open one - this is no pleasant, but yue're probably interested in the first parameter
string workbookPath = "C:\test.xls";
var workbook = excapp.Workbooks.Open(workbookPath,
0, false, 5, "", "", false, Excel.XlPlatform.xlWindows, "",
true, false, 0, true, false, false);
//Not done yet. You have to work on a specific sheet - note the cast
//You may not have any sheets at all. Then you have to add one with NsExcel.Worksheet.Add()
var sheet = (NsExcel.Worksheet)workbook.Sheets[1]; //indexing starts from 1
//do something usefull: you select now an individual cell
var range = sheet.get_Range("A1", "A1");
range.Value2 = "test"; //Value2 is not a typo
//now the list
string cellName;
int counter = 1;
foreach (var item in list)
{
cellName = "A" + counter.ToString();
var range = sheet.get_Range(cellName, cellName);
range.Value2 = item.ToString();
++counter;
}
//you've probably got the point by now, so a detailed explanation about workbook.SaveAs and workbook.Close is not necessary
//important: if you did not make excel visible terminating your application will terminate excel as well - I tested it
//but if you did it - to be honest - I don't know how to close the main excel window - maybee somewhere around excapp.Windows or excapp.ActiveWindow
}