VB.NET & MS SPREADSHEET 10.0 / 11.0 COM COMPONENTS (OWC10.DLL OWC11.DLL)

[RobDog888]

You can use a DataGrid control to display data and save to a Excel workbook. Here is a simple example of how to automate Excel (Write to workbook).

Option Explicit On 
Option Strict On
'Add a reference to MS Excel xx.0 Object Library
Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop
 
Public Class Form1
 
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
 
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
 
    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()
 
        'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()
 
        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
 
    End Sub
 
    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub
 
    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer
 
    'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    'Do not modify it using the code editor.
    Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        '
        'Button1
        '
        Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(192, 88)
        Me.Button1.Name = "Button1"
        Me.Button1.TabIndex = 0
        Me.Button1.Text = "Button1"
        '
        'Form1
        '
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(284, 122)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.Button1)
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "Form1"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)
 
    End Sub
 
#End Region
 
    Private moApp As Excel.Application
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        moApp = DirectCast(CreateObject("Excel.Application"), Excel.Application)
        moApp.Visible = False
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Form1_Closing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Closing
        moApp.Quit()
        moApp = Nothing
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim oWB As Excel.Workbook = moApp.Workbooks.Add
        Dim oSht As Excel.Worksheet = DirectCast(oWB.Sheets("Sheet1"), Excel.Worksheet)
        oSht.Cells(1, 1) = "RobDog888"
        oWB.Close(True, "C:\Test.xls")
        oSht = Nothing
        oWB = Nothing
    End Sub
 
End Class