ExcelFileFormat Enumeration

In This Topic

The type of Excel workbook.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Enum ExcelFileFormat 
   Inherits System.Enum

'Usage
 
Dim instance As ExcelFileFormat

public enum ExcelFileFormat : System.Enum

Members

Member	Description
XLS	Uses BIFF (Binary Interchange File Format, which is well known as the default file format for Microsoft Office Excel 97-2003), the default file extension is .XLS.
XLSM	Uses OpenXML and enable macro.
XLSX	Uses OpenXML (Office Open XML, which is well known as the default file format for Microsoft Office Excel 2007), the default file extension is .XLSX.

Example

This example uses the ExcelFileFormat enumeration.

private async void Button_Click_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                var filePicker = new Windows.Storage.Pickers.FileSavePicker();
                filePicker.FileTypeChoices.Add("Excel Files", new List<string>() { ".xls", ".xlsx" });
                filePicker.SuggestedFileName = "New SpreadSheet File";
                Windows.Storage.StorageFile storageFile = await filePicker.PickSaveFileAsync();
                if (storageFile != null)
                {
                    using (var stream = await storageFile.OpenStreamForWriteAsync())
                    {
                        var fileName = storageFile.FileType.ToUpperInvariant();
                        
                       await gcSpreadSheet1.SaveExcelAsync(stream, GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.ExcelFileFormat.XLSX);                       
                       //await gcSpreadSheet1.SaveExcelAsync(stream, GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.ExcelFileFormat.XLSX, GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.ExcelSaveFlags.DataOnly);                      
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog dialog = new Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog(ex.Message, "Error");
                dialog.ShowAsync();
            }                                   
        }

VB.NET

Private Async Sub Button_Click_1(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
        Try
            Dim filePicker As New Windows.Storage.Pickers.FileSavePicker()
            filePicker.FileTypeChoices.Add("Excel Files", New List(Of String)() From {".xls", ".xlsx"})
            filePicker.SuggestedFileName = "New SpreadSheet File"
            Dim storageFile As Windows.Storage.StorageFile = Await filePicker.PickSaveFileAsync()

            If storageFile IsNot Nothing Then
                Using stream = Await storageFile.OpenStreamForWriteAsync()
                    Dim fileName = storageFile.FileType.ToUpperInvariant()
                    await GcSpreadSheet1.SaveExcelAsync(stream, GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.ExcelFileFormat.XLSX)                   
                    'await GcSpreadSheet1.SaveExcelAsync(stream, GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.ExcelFileFormat.XLSX, GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.ExcelSaveFlags.DataOnly)                    
                End Using
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            Dim dialog As Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog = New Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog(ex.Message, "Error")
            dialog.ShowAsync()
        End Try
    End Sub

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   System.ValueType
      System.Enum
         GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.ExcelFileFormat

Reference

GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data Namespace

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