Reading Excel files using OpenXML

Question

I am trying to read Excel files via OpenXML and looking to output into a CSV. Currently it reads each cell in a separate line (due to writeline) or a single line (when using write). What is the best way to read and outputing in a tabular format like in Excel? Is there a built in feature in OpenXML which I can leverage for this?

 static void Main(string[] args) { String xlDocName = @"C:\\Users\\xlp111\\source.xlsx"; using (SpreadsheetDocument spreadsheetDocument = SpreadsheetDocument.Open(xlDocName, false)) { WorkbookPart workbookPart = spreadsheetDocument.WorkbookPart; string cellValue = string.Empty; foreach(WorksheetPart worksheetPart in workbookPart.WorksheetParts) { OpenXmlReader reader = OpenXmlReader.Create(worksheetPart); while (reader.Read()) { if (reader.ElementType == typeof(Row)) { reader.ReadFirstChild(); do { if (reader.ElementType == typeof(Cell)) { Cell c = (Cell)reader.LoadCurrentElement(); if (c.DataType != null && c.DataType == CellValues.SharedString) { SharedStringItem ssi = workbookPart.SharedStringTablePart.SharedStringTable.Elements<SharedStringItem>().ElementAt(int.Parse(c.CellValue.InnerText)); cellValue = ssi.Text.Text; Console.WriteLine(cellValue); } } } while (reader.ReadNextSibling()); } } } Console.ReadLine(); } } } 

Answer 1

Edit:

Using Open XML SDK for Microsoft Office

install V2 from : https://www.microsoft.com/en-eg/download/details.aspx?id=5124&wa=wsignin1.0

(or V2.5)

The following class convert excel sheet to CSV file with delimeter

 //reference library
 using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Packaging;
 using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Spreadsheet;


public class OpenXmlExcel
{
public void ExcelToCsv(string source, string target, string delimiter = ";", bool firstRowIsHeade = true)
{
    var dt = ReadExcelSheet(source, firstRowIsHeade);
    DatatableToCsv(dt, target, delimiter);

}

private void DatatableToCsv(DataTable dt, string fname, string delimiter = ";")
{

    using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(fname))
    {
        foreach (DataRow row in dt.AsEnumerable())
        {
            writer.WriteLine(string.Join(delimiter, row.ItemArray.Select(x => x.ToString())) + delimiter);
        }
    }

}

List<string> Headers = new List<string>();


private DataTable ReadExcelSheet(string fname, bool firstRowIsHeade)
{

    DataTable dt = new DataTable();
    using (SpreadsheetDocument doc = SpreadsheetDocument.Open(fname, false))
    {
        //Read the first Sheets 
        Sheet sheet = doc.WorkbookPart.Workbook.Sheets.GetFirstChild<Sheet>();
        Worksheet worksheet = (doc.WorkbookPart.GetPartById(sheet.Id.Value) as WorksheetPart).Worksheet;
        IEnumerable<Row> rows = worksheet.GetFirstChild<SheetData>().Descendants<Row>();

        foreach (Row row in rows)
        {
            //Read the first row as header
            if (row.RowIndex.Value == 1)
            {
                var j = 1;
                foreach (Cell cell in row.Descendants<Cell>())
                {
                    var colunmName = firstRowIsHeade ? GetCellValue(doc, cell) : "Field" + j++;
                    Console.WriteLine(colunmName);
                    Headers.Add(colunmName);
                    dt.Columns.Add(colunmName);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                dt.Rows.Add();
                int i = 0;
                foreach (Cell cell in row.Descendants<Cell>())
                {
                    dt.Rows[dt.Rows.Count - 1][i] = GetCellValue(doc, cell);
                    i++;
                }
            }
        }

    }
    return dt;
}

private string GetCellValue(SpreadsheetDocument doc, Cell cell)
{
    string value = cell.CellValue.InnerText;
    if (cell.DataType != null && cell.DataType.Value == CellValues.SharedString)
    {
        return doc.WorkbookPart.SharedStringTablePart.SharedStringTable.ChildElements.GetItem(int.Parse(value)).InnerText;
    }
    return value;
 }
}

How to use:

new OpenXmlExcel().ExcelToCsv("f1.xlsx","f1.csv",";",true);
or
//use default: separator=";" ,first row is header
new OpenXmlExcel().ExcelToCsv("f1.xlsx","f1.csv");