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ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – VB.NET – Workbook AutoCalculation

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workbook autocalculation in VB.NET and ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK

ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK is the library (SDK) that is capable of writing, reading, modifying and calculating Excel and CSV spreadsheets. Most popular formulas can be calculated and reculculated with Excel installed. You may import or export data to and from CSV, XML, JSON as well as to and from databases, arrays.

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Program.vb
      
Imports System.Drawing Imports Bytescout.Spreadsheet Module Program Sub Main() Try ' Data to be written in spreadsheet Dim lstProducts = New List(Of InvoiceProduct) From { New InvoiceProduct With { .ProductName = "Product 1", .Price = 30, .Quantity = 10 }, New InvoiceProduct With { .ProductName = "Product 2", .Price = 40, .Quantity = 30 }, New InvoiceProduct With { .ProductName = "Product 3", .Price = 50, .Quantity = 15 }, New InvoiceProduct With { .ProductName = "Product 4", .Price = 20, .Quantity = 20 } } ' Generate Workbook in memory Dim document = _GetSpreadsheet(lstProducts) ' Export to XLSX document.SaveAsXLSX("Invoice.xlsx") 'document.SaveAsXLS("Invoice.xls") ' Open output file Process.Start("Invoice.xlsx") Catch ex As Exception Console.WriteLine(ex.Message) End Try Console.WriteLine("Press enter key to exit...") Console.ReadLine() End Sub ''' <summary> ''' Get Spreadsheet ''' </summary> Private Function _GetSpreadsheet(ByVal lstProducts As List(Of InvoiceProduct)) As Spreadsheet ' Create new Spreadsheet Dim document As Spreadsheet = New Spreadsheet() ' Enable auto-calculation of formulas document.Workbook.AutoCalculation = True document.Workbook.DefaultFont = New SpreadsheetFont("Arial", 10) ' Add new worksheet Dim Sheet As Worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("Invoice") Dim startRow As Integer = 0 ' Add Product Listing Dim startAddress As String = "" Dim endAddress As String = "" Sheet.Cell((startRow), 0).Value = "Item" _AddAllBorders(Sheet.Cell(startRow, 0)) Sheet.Cell(startRow, 0).Font = New Font("Arial", 11, FontStyle.Bold) Sheet.Cell(startRow, 1).Value = "Quantity" _AddAllBorders(Sheet.Cell(startRow, 1)) Sheet.Cell(startRow, 1).AlignmentHorizontal = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.AlignmentHorizontal.Right Sheet.Cell(startRow, 1).Font = New Font("Arial", 11, FontStyle.Bold) Sheet.Cell(startRow, 2).Value = "Price" _AddAllBorders(Sheet.Cell(startRow, 2)) Sheet.Cell(startRow, 2).AlignmentHorizontal = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.AlignmentHorizontal.Right Sheet.Cell(startRow, 2).Font = New Font("Arial", 11, FontStyle.Bold) Sheet.Cell(startRow, 3).Value = "Total" _AddAllBorders(Sheet.Cell(startRow, 3)) Sheet.Cell(startRow, 3).AlignmentHorizontal = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.AlignmentHorizontal.Right Sheet.Cell(startRow, 3).Font = New Font("Arial", 11, FontStyle.Bold) For i As Integer = 0 To lstProducts.Count - 1 Sheet.Cell((System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(startRow)), 0).Value = lstProducts(i).ProductName _AddAllBorders(Sheet.Cell(startRow, 0)) Sheet.Cell(startRow, 1).Value = lstProducts(i).Quantity Sheet.Cell(startRow, 1).AlignmentHorizontal = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.AlignmentHorizontal.Right _AddAllBorders(Sheet.Cell(startRow, 1)) Sheet.Cell(startRow, 2).Value = lstProducts(i).Price Sheet.Cell(startRow, 2).AlignmentHorizontal = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.AlignmentHorizontal.Right _AddAllBorders(Sheet.Cell(startRow, 2)) ' Calculated cell Dim formulaMultiplication As String = String.Format("={0}*{1}", Sheet.Cell(startRow, 1).GetAddress().ToString(), Sheet.Cell(startRow, 2).GetAddress().ToString()) Sheet.Cell(startRow, 3).Formula = formulaMultiplication Sheet.Cell(startRow, 3).AlignmentHorizontal = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.AlignmentHorizontal.Right _AddAllBorders(Sheet.Cell(startRow, 3)) ' Address to be used for total sum If i = 0 Then startAddress = Sheet.Cell(startRow, 3).GetAddress().ToString() End If endAddress = Sheet.Cell(startRow, 3).GetAddress().ToString() Next Sheet.Cell((System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(startRow)), 2).Value = "TOTAL" Sheet.Cell(startRow, 2).AlignmentHorizontal = Constants.AlignmentHorizontal.Right Sheet.Cell(startRow, 2).Font = New Font("Arial", 11, FontStyle.Bold) Dim formulaTotalSum As String = String.Format("=SUM({0}:{1})", startAddress, endAddress) Sheet.Cell(startRow, 3).Formula = formulaTotalSum Sheet.Cell(startRow, 3).Font = New Font("Arial", 11, FontStyle.Bold) Sheet.Cell(startRow, 3).AlignmentHorizontal = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.AlignmentHorizontal.Right ' AutoFit all columns Sheet.Columns.Item(0).AutoFit() Sheet.Columns.Item(1).AutoFit() Sheet.Columns.Item(2).AutoFit() Sheet.Columns.Item(3).AutoFit() ' Return all formatted document Return document End Function ''' <summary> ''' Add borders to cell ''' </summary> Private Sub _AddAllBorders(ByVal cell As Cell) cell.LeftBorderStyle = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.LineStyle.Thin cell.RightBorderStyle = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.LineStyle.Thin cell.TopBorderStyle = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.LineStyle.Thin cell.BottomBorderStyle = Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.LineStyle.Thin End Sub Public Class InvoiceProduct Public Property ProductName As String Public Property Quantity As Integer Public Property Price As Decimal End Class End Module

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WorkbookAutoCalculation.vbproj
      
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" /> <PropertyGroup> <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration> <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform> <ProjectGuid>{846F275E-BE99-4254-85ED-B8CBBB4546A9}</ProjectGuid> <OutputType>Exe</OutputType> <StartupObject>WorkbookAutoCalculation.Program</StartupObject> <RootNamespace>WorkbookAutoCalculation</RootNamespace> <AssemblyName>WorkbookAutoCalculation</AssemblyName> <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment> <MyType>Console</MyType> <TargetFrameworkVersion>v2.0</TargetFrameworkVersion> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' "> <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget> <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols> <DebugType>full</DebugType> <DefineDebug>true</DefineDebug> <DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace> <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath> <NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022</NoWarn> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' "> <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget> <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType> <DefineDebug>false</DefineDebug> <DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace> <Optimize>true</Optimize> <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath> <NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022</NoWarn> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup> <OptionExplicit>On</OptionExplicit> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup> <OptionCompare>Binary</OptionCompare> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup> <OptionStrict>Off</OptionStrict> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup> <OptionInfer>On</OptionInfer> </PropertyGroup> <ItemGroup> <Reference Include="Bytescout.Spreadsheet, Version=3.1.0.1715, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f7dd1bd9d40a50eb, processorArchitecture=MSIL"> <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion> <HintPath>c:\Program Files\Bytescout Spreadsheet SDK\net2.00\Bytescout.Spreadsheet.dll</HintPath> </Reference> <Reference Include="System" /> <Reference Include="System.Data" /> <Reference Include="System.Deployment" /> <Reference Include="System.Drawing" /> <Reference Include="System.Xml" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Import Include="Microsoft.VisualBasic" /> <Import Include="System" /> <Import Include="System.Collections" /> <Import Include="System.Collections.Generic" /> <Import Include="System.Data" /> <Import Include="System.Diagnostics" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Compile Include="Program.vb" /> </ItemGroup> <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.VisualBasic.targets" /> </Project>

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