LoadTextFile(Stream,TextFileFlags,IncludeHeaders,String,String,String,Encoding) Method

Loads delimited text from a specified file into the sheet, with or without headers, with the specified encoding.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Sub LoadTextFile( _
   ByVal stream As Stream, _
   ByVal textFileFlags As TextFileFlags, _
   ByVal includeHeaders As IncludeHeaders, _
   ByVal rowDelimiter As String, _
   ByVal columnDelimiter As String, _
   ByVal cellDelimiter As String, _
   ByVal encoding As Encoding _
)

'Usage
 
Dim instance As SheetView
Dim stream As Stream
Dim textFileFlags As TextFileFlags
Dim includeHeaders As IncludeHeaders
Dim rowDelimiter As String
Dim columnDelimiter As String
Dim cellDelimiter As String
Dim encoding As Encoding
 
instance.LoadTextFile(stream, textFileFlags, includeHeaders, rowDelimiter, columnDelimiter, cellDelimiter, encoding)

public void LoadTextFile( 
   Stream stream,
   TextFileFlags textFileFlags,
   IncludeHeaders includeHeaders,
   string rowDelimiter,
   string columnDelimiter,
   string cellDelimiter,
   Encoding encoding
)

Parameters

stream: Stream to which to load the text of the sheet
textFileFlags: Specifies how to process the data when loading from a text file
includeHeaders: Whether to export headers as data
rowDelimiter: Row delimiter string
columnDelimiter: Column delimiter string
cellDelimiter: Cell delimiter string
encoding: Encoding

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentException	Cell delimiter cannot be contained in a row or column delimiter

Example

This example loads a text file.

OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog();
System.IO.Stream s;
ofd.Filter = "text files (*.txt)|*.txt";
ofd.FilterIndex = 2;
ofd.RestoreDirectory = true;
if (ofd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
s = ofd.OpenFile();
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.LoadTextFile(s, FarPoint.Win.Spread.TextFileFlags.Unformatted, FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.IncludeHeaders.None, "\n", ",", "", System.Text.Encoding.ASCII);
s.Close();
}

Visual Basic

Dim s As System.IO.Stream
Dim ofd As New OpenFileDialog()
ofd.Filter = "text files (*.txt)|*.txt"
ofd.FilterIndex = 2
ofd.RestoreDirectory = True
If ofd.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
s = ofd.OpenFile
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.LoadTextFile(s, FarPoint.Win.Spread.TextFileFlags.Unformatted, FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.IncludeHeaders.None, Chr(10), ",", "", System.Text.Encoding.ASCII)
s.Close()
End If

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8

Reference

SheetView Class
SheetView Members
Overload List