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How to import Excel worksheet to DataGridView keeping cell colors

Hi there

I am developing a small app to help manage huge Excel worksheets.
These worksheets have multiple cells colored within.
I am loading the worksheets to a DataGridView as show below but I want to keep the cell colors.
Any ideias on how to achieve this? Would help if I didn't have to cycle all cells as the worksheets have near to on hundred columns and close to four hundred rows.

Regards

Dim connectionStringTemplate As String = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source={0};Extended Properties=""Excel 12.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1"""
 
                Dim connectionString As String = String.Format(connectionStringTemplate, sFileName)
                Dim sqlSelect As String = "SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$];"
                ' Load the Excel worksheet into a DataTable
                Dim workbook As DataSet = New DataSet()
                Dim excelAdapter As System.Data.Common.DataAdapter = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(sqlSelect, connectionString)
                Try
                    excelAdapter.Fill(workbook)
                    Dim worksheet As DataTable = workbook.Tables(0)
                    dgv.DataSource = worksheet
 
                Catch
'MANAGE EXCEPTION
 
                End Try

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Wayne Taylor (webtubbs)

vercesi,

It's impossible to determine the cell color through ADO.Net, so unfortunately the only way to color the DatGridView cells is to iterate through each cell in the imported range. Something like the below code snippet. Yes, it could take a while, but that is the only option you have for importing the cell colors.

Wayne

        Dim xlApp As Object = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
        Dim xlWB As Object = xlApp.Workbooks.Open("C:\Path\File.xls")
        Dim xlWS As Object = xlWB.Worksheets("Sheet1")
 
        DataGridView1.RowCount = xlWS.UsedRange.Rows.Count
        DataGridView1.ColumnCount = xlWS.UsedRange.Columns.Count
 
        Try
            For r As Integer = 1 To xlWS.UsedRange.Rows.Count
                For c As Integer = 1 To xlWS.UsedRange.Columns.Count
                    With DataGridView1(c - 1, r - 1)
                        .Value = xlWS.UsedRange.Cells(r, c).Value
                        .Style.BackColor = ColorTranslator.FromOle(xlWS.Usedrange.Cells(r, c).Interior.Color)
                    End With
                Next
            Next
 
        Catch ex As Exception
            'empty catch
        End Try
 
        xlWS = Nothing
        xlWB.Close(False)
        xlWB = Nothing
        xlApp.Quit()
        xlApp = Nothing

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vercesi

ASKER

Just tried your solution but got an error:

"Old format or invalid type format"

Do I need to add some expecific reference?

Wayne Taylor (webtubbs)

Hmm. I just noticed in your code you are using XL2007. If you add a reference to "Microsoft Excel 12.0 Object Library", the below should work.

If not, it'd help to know which line caused the error.

        Dim xlApp As New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application
        Dim xlWB As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open("C:\Path\File.xls")
        Dim xlWS As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet = xlWB.Worksheets("Sheet1")
 
        DataGridView1.RowCount = xlWS.UsedRange.Rows.Count
        DataGridView1.ColumnCount = xlWS.UsedRange.Columns.Count
 
        Try
            For r As Integer = 1 To xlWS.UsedRange.Rows.Count
                For c As Integer = 1 To xlWS.UsedRange.Columns.Count
                    With DataGridView1(c - 1, r - 1)
                        .Value = xlWS.UsedRange.Cells(r, c).Value
                        .Style.BackColor = ColorTranslator.FromOle(xlWS.Usedrange.Cells(r, c).Interior.Color)
                    End With
                Next
            Next
 
        Catch ex As Exception
            'empty catch
        End Try
 
        xlWS = Nothing
        xlWB.Close(False)
        xlWB = Nothing
        xlApp.Quit()
        xlApp = Nothing

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vercesi

ASKER

Still got the same error.

I have googled the error and found this:
"In some deployment scenarios, you must know the locale identifier (LCID) for a language in order to install the correct MUI Pack."

I will try the solution provided (installing MUI Pack) and get back on this.

vercesi

ASKER

I've got it working using:

System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US")

Thanks you