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You will need ExcelWriter 8 installed in order to run the Hello World sample. - If you haven't purchased ExcelWriter, you can download an evaluation version here.
- If you need to install ExcelWriter, please visit the install page for instructions.
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Downloads
You can download the code for the Hello World tutorial as a Visual Studio solution.
ExcelWriter Reference in Visual Studio
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- Open Visual Studio and create a .NET project (this tutorial .
- The ExcelWriter Hello World sample code uses a web application
) - Add a reference to SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.ExcelWriter.dll
- SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.ExcelWriter.dll is located under Program Files > SoftArtisans > OfficeWriter > dotnet > bin
You can download the Hello World sample code (see above) to see the finished product.
Template vs. Application based Approaches
ExcelWriter offers two approaches to generating, processing and manipulating Excel documents: ExcelTemplate and ExcelApplication.
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| With ExcelTemplate , we can insert our data into a specially formatted excel Excel file. Hello World using Panel |
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| With ExcelApplication, we have a 's full object-model for the excel file format. This means that , we can create an excel Excel file completely from scratch. Hello World Panel |
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