I'm trying to export data from a stringgrid in delphi 7 to microsoft excel. I have been using this code to do it:
objExcel := TExcelApplication.Create(nil);
objExcel.Visible[LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT] := true;
objWB := objExcel.workbooks.add(null,LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT);
lineNumber := 1;
for i:=1 to stringgrid1.rowcount-1 do begin
for j:=0 to stringgrid1.ColCount-1 do begin
objWB.Worksheets.Application.Cells.Item[i+lineNumber,j+1] := ''''+stringgrid1.Cells[j,i];
end;
end;
but when the data is big, it takes a very long time to finish. is there other faster way to export data from delphi 7 stringgrid to excel?
The quickest way is to use an array of Variant,and just pass the entire array to Excel:
uses OleAuto;
var
xls, wb, Range: OLEVariant;
arrData: Variant;
RowCount, ColCount, i, j: Integer;
begin
{create variant array where we'll copy our data}
RowCount := StringGrid1.RowCount;
ColCount := StringGrid1.ColCount;
arrData := VarArrayCreate([1, RowCount, 1, ColCount], varVariant);
{fill array}
for i := 1 to RowCount do
for j := 1 to ColCount do
arrData[i, j] := StringGrid1.Cells[j-1, i-1];
{initialize an instance of Excel}
xls := CreateOLEObject('Excel.Application');
{create workbook}
wb := xls.Workbooks.Add;
{retrieve a range where data must be placed}
Range := wb.WorkSheets[1].Range[wb.WorkSheets[1].Cells[1, 1],
wb.WorkSheets[1].Cells[RowCount, ColCount]];
{copy data from allocated variant array}
Range.Value := arrData;
{show Excel with our data}
xls.Visible := True;
end;