So I'm working on this thing for work, that converts an excel list of instructions into a better looking, formatted word document. I've been connecting to the excel document and then storing the file into a datatable for easier access.
I had just finally gotten the borders and stuff right for my word document when i started getting an error:
External table is not in the expected format.
Here is the full connection algorithm:
public static DataTable getWorkSheet(string excelFile =
"C:\\Users\\Mitch\\Dropbox\\Work tools\\Excel for andrew\\Air Compressor PM's.xlsx") {
string connection = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + excelFile
+ ";Extended Properties='Excel 8.0;HDR=YES;'";
string sql = null;
string worksheetName = null;
string[] Headers = new string[4];
DataTable schema = null;
DataTable worksheet = null;
DataSet workbook = new DataSet();
//Preparing and opening connection
OleDbConnection objconn = new OleDbConnection(connection);
objconn.Open();
//getting the schema data table
schema = objconn.GetOleDbSchemaTable(OleDbSchemaGuid.Tables, null);
worksheetName = schema.Rows[0]["Table_Name"].ToString();
//Each worksheet will have a varying name, so the name is just called from
//the dataTable.rows array. Can be later modified to use multiple
//worksheets within a workbook.
sql = "SELECT * FROM[" + worksheetName + "]";
//data adapter
OleDbDataAdapter objAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter();
//pass the sql
objAdapter.SelectCommand = new OleDbCommand(sql, objconn);
//populate the dataset
objAdapter.Fill(workbook);
//Remove spaces from the headers.
worksheet = workbook.Tables[0];
for (int x = 0; x < Headers.Count(); x++) {
Headers[x] = worksheet.Columns[x].ColumnName;
worksheet.Columns[x].ColumnName = worksheet.Columns[x].ColumnName.Replace(" ", "");
}
return worksheet;
}//end of getWorksheet
EDIT: i pulled up my old code from dropbox previous versions that was definetly working as well as redownload a copy of the excel doc i know was working..... what gives? has something changed in my computer?
