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A scriptcs file for opening a bunch of excel files, reading the first column and putting it into a txt file.
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| // A scriptcs (http://scriptcs.net/) file for opening a bunch of excel files, reading the first column and putting the content into a txt file. | |
| // | |
| // Needs the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll to be in the same directory as the script. | |
| // Copy it there by using `>copy C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel\14.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c\Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll` | |
| #r "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll" | |
| using System.IO; | |
| using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel; | |
| using System.Linq; | |
| public static string[] FirstColumn(string filename, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application xlsApp) | |
| { | |
| Workbook wb = xlsApp.Workbooks.Open(filename, | |
| 0, true, 5, "", "", true, XlPlatform.xlWindows, "\t", false, false, 0, true); | |
| Sheets sheets = wb.Worksheets; | |
| Worksheet ws = (Worksheet)sheets.get_Item(1); | |
| Range firstColumn = (Range)ws.UsedRange.Columns[1]; | |
| System.Array myvalues = (System.Array)firstColumn.Cells.Value; | |
| string[] strArray = myvalues.OfType<object>().Select(o => o.ToString()).ToArray(); | |
| wb.Close(); | |
| return strArray; | |
| } | |
| Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application xlsApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application(); | |
| //Displays Excel so you can see what is happening | |
| //xlsApp.Visible = true; | |
| if (xlsApp == null) | |
| throw new Exception("EXCEL could not be started. Check that your office installation and project references are correct."); | |
| if (File.Exists("out.list")) | |
| File.Delete("out.list"); | |
| foreach (string file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(@"C:\path_full_of_xls_files\", "*.xls")) { | |
| var results = FirstColumn(file, xlsApp); | |
| Console.WriteLine(file); | |
| File.AppendAllLines("out.list", results); | |
| } | |
| xlsApp.Quit(); |
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