referencing cells in Excel and finding empty cells

[mgoold2002@hotmail.com]

I'm moving some code from Excel vbs into a .NET context and I'm very
new to .NET. I'm trying to make this Excel vb code work in .NET. My
questions are: how do I reference cells correctly using the common
"cells(x,y) " reference, where x and y are integer variables. Also, how
do I verify that the cells are empty, since, according to the
documentation, the "IsEmpty" function does not work in .NET now?

Thanks for any help!

'//////////START CODE EXAMPLE///////////

Function getroworcol(row orcol, start)

Dim intoutside As Integer
Dim intctr

'DETERMINE START POINT OF SEARCH
If roworcol = 0 Then
outside = 200
Else
outside = 50
End If

'COUNT BACKWARDS FROM START POINT UNTIL FIND FILLED CELL
For intctr = outside To 1 Step -1
If roworcol = 0 Then
If IsEmpty(Cells(i ntctr, 1)) = False Then
Exit For
End If
ElseIf roworcol = 1 Then
If IsEmpty(Cells(1 , intctr)) = False Then
Exit For
End If
End If
Next intctr

getroworcol = intctr

End Function

'////END CODE////////

[R. MacDonald]

Re: referencing cells in Excel and finding empty cells

Hello, mgoold2002,

Using "Cells" is essentially the same as in Excel VBA, except that you
will need to apply it to an object (rather than using the "default").
Perhaps you can replace IsEmpty by comparing the Formula with an empty
string, as in the example below:

Dim xlapp As Excel.Applicati on
xlapp = CType(CreateObj ect("Excel.Appl ication"), _
Excel.Applicati on)
Dim wb As Excel.Workbook = _
xlapp.Workbooks .Open("J:\Test\ ExcelTest\Test. xls")
Dim xlSheet As Excel.Worksheet = wb.Worksheets(1 )
Dim currRow As Integer = 1
xlSheet.Cells(c urrRow, 1) = 1.23
xlSheet.Cells(c urrRow, 2) = "AB.CD"
xlSheet.Cells(c urrRow, 3) = Now
If (xlSheet.Cells( currRow, 4).Formula = "") Then
MsgBox("It's empty!")
End If
wb.Save()
wb.Close()
xlapp.Quit()

Cheers,
Randy


mgoold2002@hotm ail.com wrote:
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> I'm moving some code from Excel vbs into a .NET context and I'm very
> new to .NET. I'm trying to make this Excel vb code work in .NET. My
> questions are: how do I reference cells correctly using the common
> "cells(x,y) " reference, where x and y are integer variables. Also, how
> do I verify that the cells are empty, since, according to the
> documentation, the "IsEmpty" function does not work in .NET now?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> '//////////START CODE EXAMPLE///////////
>
> Function getroworcol(row orcol, start)
>
> Dim intoutside As Integer
> Dim intctr
>
> 'DETERMINE START POINT OF SEARCH
> If roworcol = 0 Then
> outside = 200
> Else
> outside = 50
> End If
>
> 'COUNT BACKWARDS FROM START POINT UNTIL FIND FILLED CELL
> For intctr = outside To 1 Step -1
> If roworcol = 0 Then
> If IsEmpty(Cells(i ntctr, 1)) = False Then
> Exit For
> End If
> ElseIf roworcol = 1 Then
> If IsEmpty(Cells(1 , intctr)) = False Then
> Exit For
> End If
> End If
> Next intctr
>
> getroworcol = intctr
>
> End Function
>
> '////END CODE////////
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