Opens an Excel Compound Document File and loads it into Spread with a list of warnings.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overloads Function OpenExcel( _ ByVal stream As Stream, _ ByVal warningList As ExcelWarningList _ ) As Boolean

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Dim instance As FpSpread Dim stream As Stream Dim warningList As ExcelWarningList Dim value As Boolean value = instance.OpenExcel(stream, warningList)

C#
public bool OpenExcel( Stream stream, ExcelWarningList warningList )

Parameters

stream: Stream
warningList: List of Excel warnings

Return Value

Boolean: true if successful; false otherwise

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentNullException	No stream specified or specified stream is null
System.ArgumentException	No stream specified or specified stream is empty

Example

This example opens an Excel file from a stream.

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string f; f = "D:\\pic.xls"; System.IO.FileStream s = new System.IO.FileStream(f, IO.FileMode.Open, IO.FileAccess.ReadWrite); FarPoint.Excel.ExcelWarningList wl = new FarPoint.Excel.ExcelWarningList(); try { fpSpread1.OpenExcel(s, wl); } catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); }

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string f; 
f = "D:\\pic.xls";
System.IO.FileStream s = new System.IO.FileStream(f, IO.FileMode.Open, IO.FileAccess.ReadWrite);
FarPoint.Excel.ExcelWarningList wl = new FarPoint.Excel.ExcelWarningList();
try 
{ 
     fpSpread1.OpenExcel(s, wl); 
} 
catch (Exception ex) 
{ 
     MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); 
}

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Dim f As String f = "D:\testforexception.xls" Dim s As New System.IO.FileStream(f, IO.FileMode.Open, IO.FileAccess.ReadWrite) Dim wl As New FarPoint.Excel.ExcelWarningList Try FpSpread1.OpenExcel(s, wl) Catch ex As Exception MessageBox.Show(ex.Message) End Try

Visual Basic

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Dim f As String 
f = "D:\testforexception.xls"
Dim s As New System.IO.FileStream(f, IO.FileMode.Open, IO.FileAccess.ReadWrite)
Dim wl As New FarPoint.Excel.ExcelWarningList
Try
     FpSpread1.OpenExcel(s, wl)
     Catch ex As Exception
     MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
End Try

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2