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How to read date from cell with spreadsheet sdk in VB.NET and ByteScout Barcode Suite

How to write a robust code in VB.NET to read date from cell with spreadsheet sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

On this page you will learn from code samples for programming in VB.NET.Writing of the code to read date from cell with spreadsheet sdk in VB.NET can be executed by programmers of any level using ByteScout Barcode Suite. What is ByteScout Barcode Suite? It is the bundle that privides 3 SDK products to generate barcodes (Barcode SDK), read barcodes (Barcode Reaer SDK) and read and write spreadsheets (Spreadsheet SDK). It can help you to read date from cell with spreadsheet sdk in your VB.NET application.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do read date from cell with spreadsheet sdk in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout Barcode Suite. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for VB.NET below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Complete and detailed tutorials and documentation are available along with installed ByteScout Barcode Suite if you’d like to learn more about the topic and the details of the API.

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Module1.vb

      Imports Bytescout.Spreadsheet
Imports System.IO

Module Module1

    Sub Main()
        ' Create new Spreadsheet
        Dim document As New Spreadsheet()
	document.LoadFromFile("Sample.xls")

        ' Get worksheet by name
        Dim worksheet As Worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets.ByName("Sheet1")

        ' Check dates
        For i As Integer = 0 To 3
            ' Set current cell
            Dim currentCell As Cell = worksheet.Cell(i, 0)

            If currentCell.ValueDataTypeByNumberFormatString = Constants.NumberFormatType.DateTime Then
                ' read date time
                Dim datet As DateTime = currentCell.ValueAsDateTime()

                ' Write to console
                Console.WriteLine("{0}", datet.ToShortDateString())
            Else
                ' Write message
                Console.WriteLine("cell does not contain date time value")
            End If
        Next

        ' Close document
        document.Close()

        ' Write message
        Console.Write("Press any key to continue...")

        ' Wait user input
        Console.ReadKey()

    End Sub

End Module