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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.

ExcelWriter Reference in Visual Studio

Create a .NET project and add a reference to the ExcelWriter library.

  1. Open Visual Studio and create a .NET project (this tutorial uses a web application).
  2. Add a reference to SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.ExcelWriter.dll
    • SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.ExcelWriter.dll is located under Program Files > SoftArtisans > OfficeWriter > bin
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You can [download the Hello World sample code] to see the finished product.

Template vs. Application based Approaches

ExcelWriter offers two approaches to generating, processing and manipulating Excel documents: ExcelTemplate and ExcelApplication. This tutorial will walk you through assigning the contents of a cell using ExcelTemplate and ExcelApplication.

Template Based Approach

With ExcelTemplate, we can insert our data into a specially formatted excel file.

Programatic Approach

With ExcelApplication, we have a full object-model for the excel file format. This means that we can create an excel file completely from scratch.

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