# FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView.Open

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<h1 id="FarPoint_Win_Spread_SheetView_Open_" data-uid="FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView.Open*">Open Method
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<h4 id="FarPoint_Win_Spread_SheetView_Open_System_String_" data-uid="FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView.Open(System.String)">Open(string)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Opens a saved XML file into a sheet view.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public bool Open(string fileName)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Function Open(fileName As String) As Boolean</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">fileName</span></td>
      <td><p>Path and name of file from which to load the data</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><p>true if successful; false otherwise</p>
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<h4 id="FarPoint_Win_Spread_SheetView_Open_System_IO_Stream_" data-uid="FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView.Open(System.IO.Stream)">Open(Stream)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Opens saved XML from a stream.</p>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public bool Open(Stream stream)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Function Open(stream As Stream) As Boolean</code></pre>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.io.stream">Stream</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">stream</span></td>
      <td><p>Stream from which to load the data</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><p>true if successful; false otherwise</p>
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<h5 class="exceptions">Exceptions</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.argumentnullexception">ArgumentNullException</a></td>
      <td><p>No stream specified or specified stream is null</p>
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