Hi,
I would like to create, modify insert del and read from excel files I found some articles on daniweb and other sites and even on msdn but they are very difficult and not complete.

I was wondering if someone could please give some tutorial link to explain how to get this done.

Thank you.

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This is not my code but essentially this is what you need to do.

#import "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office11\mso.dll"

#import "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VBA\VBA6\VBE6EXT.OLB"

#import "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\excel.exe" \

        rename("DialogBox","ExcelDialogBox") rename("RGB","ExcelRGB") \

        exclude("IFont","IPicture")

#include <stdexcept>

#include <iostream>

 

using namespace std;

using namespace Excel;

 

int main()

{

  // Initialize COM

  CoInitialize(NULL);

  try

  {

       _ApplicationPtr excel;

       

       

      //Excel::_ApplicationPtr excel;

      //excel->Visible(true);

      excel->put_Visible(10, true);

//    excel->put_Visible(true);

      // Initialize Excel and make sure it's initialized

    HRESULT hr = excel.CreateInstance(L"Excel.Application");

      //excel->visible = true;

 

      if(FAILED(hr))

    {

    char msg[1024] = {0};

    sprintf(msg, "E: There was an error initializing Excel: %d", hr);

      throw std::runtime_error(msg);

       }

     

      cout<< "HERE!";

    _WorkbookPtr workbook = excel->Workbooks->Add(static_cast<long>(Excel::xlWorksheet)); // Create the workbook

      _WorksheetPtr worksheet = excel->ActiveSheet; // Get the active sheet

    // This is how you put the values into the worksheet

    worksheet->Range["A1"]->Value = "Hello"; // Set a value

     

    worksheet->SaveAs("c:\\test.xls"); // Save it

    workbook->Close(); // Close the workbook

    excel->Quit(); // Quit excel

  }

  catch(_com_error &ce)

  {

      cout<<"caught";

        // Handle the error

  }

  CoUninitialize();

 

 

  return 0;

 

  }

This is not my code but essentially this is what you need to do.

#import "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office11\mso.dll"

#import "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VBA\VBA6\VBE6EXT.OLB"

#import "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\excel.exe" \

        rename("DialogBox","ExcelDialogBox") rename("RGB","ExcelRGB") \

        exclude("IFont","IPicture")

#include <stdexcept>

#include <iostream>

 

using namespace std;

using namespace Excel;

 

int main()

{

  // Initialize COM

  CoInitialize(NULL);

  try

  {

       _ApplicationPtr excel;

       

       

      //Excel::_ApplicationPtr excel;

      //excel->Visible(true);

      excel->put_Visible(10, true);

//    excel->put_Visible(true);

      // Initialize Excel and make sure it's initialized

    HRESULT hr = excel.CreateInstance(L"Excel.Application");

      //excel->visible = true;

 

      if(FAILED(hr))

    {

    char msg[1024] = {0};

    sprintf(msg, "E: There was an error initializing Excel: %d", hr);

      throw std::runtime_error(msg);

       }

     

      cout<< "HERE!";

    _WorkbookPtr workbook = excel->Workbooks->Add(static_cast<long>(Excel::xlWorksheet)); // Create the workbook

      _WorksheetPtr worksheet = excel->ActiveSheet; // Get the active sheet

    // This is how you put the values into the worksheet

    worksheet->Range["A1"]->Value = "Hello"; // Set a value

     

    worksheet->SaveAs("c:\\test.xls"); // Save it

    workbook->Close(); // Close the workbook

    excel->Quit(); // Quit excel

  }

  catch(_com_error &ce)

  {

      cout<<"caught";

        // Handle the error

  }

  CoUninitialize();

 

 

  return 0;

 

  }

Thank u for your help, the above code seems to be in VB I need to code in c++. Please advice.

sorry, the said code is in c++ :) stupid me

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