ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Convert xls to txt with spreadsheet sdk

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ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Convert xls to txt with spreadsheet sdk

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How to convert xls to txt with spreadsheet sdk in C# using ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Learn to code in C# to convert xls to txt with spreadsheet sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

Every ByteScout tool includes simple example C# source codes that you can get here or in the folder with installed ByteScout product. What is ByteScout Data Extraction Suite? It is the bundle that includes three SDK tools for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK. It can help you to convert xls to txt with spreadsheet sdk in your C# application.

This prolific sample source code in C# for ByteScout Data Extraction Suite contains various functions and other necessary options you should do calling the API to convert xls to txt with spreadsheet sdk. Simply copy and paste in your C# project or application you and then run your app! Further improvement of the code will make it more robust.

Trial version of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite is available for free. Source code samples are included to help you with your C# app.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using Bytescout.Spreadsheet;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace Converting_XLS_to_TXT
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create new Spreadsheet from SimpleReport.xls file
            Spreadsheet document = new Spreadsheet();
	document.LoadFromFile("SimpleReport.xls");

            // delete output file if exists already
            if (File.Exists("SimpleReport.txt")){
                File.Delete("SimpleReport.txt");
            }

           // save into TXT 
           document.Workbook.Worksheets[0].SaveAsTXT("SimpleReport.txt");

            // open output document in default viewer
           Process.Start("SimpleReport.txt");

        }
    }
}