Reading excel using Open XML SDK c#

Question

I am trying to read excel using Open XML SDK in C# using Visual Studio 2013. I followed the following links http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/hh298534(v=office.15).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/gg575571.aspx

The code is

using (SpreadsheetDocument document = SpreadsheetDocument.Open(excelPath, true))
{
  WorkbookPart workbookPart = document.WorkbookPart;
  foreach (WorksheetPart workSheetPart in workbookPart.WorksheetParts)
  {
   SheetData sheetData = workSheetPart.Worksheet.Elements<SheetData>().First();
   IEnumerable<Row> rows = sheetData.Elements<Row>().Where(x => x.RowIndex > 1);
   foreach (Row r in rows)
    {
     IEnumerable<string> textValues = from cell in r.Descendants<Cell>() where cell.CellValue != null select cell.CellValue.Text;
     foreach (var cell in textValues)
     {
     string str = cell.ToString();
     }
    }
   }
 }

I tried the following code also

using (SpreadsheetDocument document = SpreadsheetDocument.Open(excelPath, true))
{
 WorkbookPart workbookPart = document.WorkbookPart;
 foreach (WorksheetPart workSheetPart in workbookPart.WorksheetParts)
  {
   SheetData sheetData = workSheetPart.Worksheet.Elements<SheetData>().First();
   IEnumerable<Row> rows = sheetData.Elements<Row>().Where(x => x.RowIndex > 1);
   foreach (Row r in rows)
   {
    List<Cell> cells = r.Descendants<Cell>().ToList();
    foreach (var cell in cells)
    {
     if (cell != null)
     {
     string value = cell.CellValue.Text;
     if (cell.DataType != null)
     {
     switch (cell.DataType.Value)
      {
      case CellValues.SharedString:
        var stringTable = workSheetPart.GetPartsOfType<SharedStringTablePart>().FirstOrDefault();
        if (stringTable != null)
        {
         value = stringTable.SharedStringTable.ElementAt(int.Parse(value)).InnerText;
         }
         break;
       }
      }
   }
}                  
}
}
}

But both are returning only numeric values, not text. Can anyone please help on how to read excel text using Open XML SDK in C#.?

Answer 1

I have not used to OpenXML SDK directly, but have you tried used ClosedXML ? It's a wrapper around the SDK that makes reading and writing Excel documents a breeze.