This Professional .NET Excel component is a standalone Excel .NET managed assembly and does not depend on Microsoft Office Excel. Spire.XLS for .NET offers support both for the old Excel 97-2003 format (.xls) and for the new Excel 2007 and Excel 2010 (.xlsx) format. It features fast and reliable compared to developing your own spreadsheet manipulation solution or using Microsoft Automation.

Spire.XLS for .NET enjoys good reputation in either enterprise or individual customers. These customer types include Banks, Data processing houses, Educational institutions, Government organizations, Insurance firms, Legal institutions, Postal/cargo services and etc.

The Difference between Standard and Pro Edition lies in the feature of File Conversion: Pro Edition supports converting files from Excel to PDF, Excel to HTML, Excel to CSV, Excel to Text, Excel to Image and Excel to XML(the Excel can be either .XLS or .XLSX); Unlike Pro Edition, the standard edition doesn't support conversion of any kind mentioned above.

Main Functions

100% Standalone .NET Component - No Microsoft Office Automation

Spire.XLS for .NET is a 100% standalone Excel .NET component that allows developers to create, manage and manipulate Excel spreadsheets without requiring Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Office to be installed on the system. In addition, Spire.XLS for .NET is a better alternative to Office Automation in terms of security, stability, scalibility, speed, price and features.

Powerful & High Quality Excel File Conversion

Spire.XLS for .NET supports converting files from Excel to PDF, Excel to HTML, Excel to CSV, Excel to Text, Excel to Image and Excel to XML. And on the other hand, most of popular files can be transferred to Excel back.

Create Excel Report from Comprehensive Workbook Designer

Spire.XLS for .NET enables developers to generate Excel workbook from scratch, or load a workbook from either folder or file stream. Developers can also save it to file, file stream or web response. Spire.XLS for .NET offers a wide range of security features including Excel encryption/decryption, cell hide/unhide, worksheet lock/unlock.

Freely Operate worksheet

Spire.XLS for .NET enables developers to create, add, delete, rename, edit and move worksheet in either C#, VB.NET or ASP.NET. Developers can also copy, transpose, and consolidate across worksheets with full contents. This professional Excel .NET class library also embeds many flexible options for displaying worksheets, such as page breaks, zoom-setting, freeze panes, headers/footers, print paper size and print area etc.

Easily Manipulate cells & Excel Calculation Engine at run time

Developers can easily manipulate Excel cells and Evaluate formula value in C#, VB.NET or ASP.NET at runtime. super-fast, scalable excel calculation engines available including 97-2003/2007/2010 Excel compatible functions. Cell Styles are supported by this Excel .NET component, such as cell merging/unmerging, text wrapping/unwrapping, text alignment, rotation, interior, borders, lock/unlock and etc. Font formats, like setting font type, size, color, bold, italic, strikeout and underlining etc. is also fully supported. Conditional formatting, text search and replace, filter and data validation can be applied to cells as easily as you expect.

Chart, Data and other Elements

Spire.XLS for .NET provides a wide range of Chart: Pie Chart, Bar Chart, Column Chart, Line Chart, Radar Chart and etc. This Excel .NET component also supports data transportation between database and Excel in C# VB.NET or ASP.NET. Hyperlinks and templates are also supported by Spire.XLS for .NET.

Spire.XLS for .NET features

Platforms

Spire.XLS for .NET enables developers/programmers to build ASP.NET, Web Services, WinForms or any other type of application for any .NET Framework version from 2.0 to 4.0. Full support for 32-bit and 64-bit system.

File Format Supports

Spire.XLS for .NET supports lots of file formats.

• Spire.XLS for .NET offers support both for the old Excel 97-2003 format (.xls) and for the new Excel 2007 and Excel 2010 (.xlsx) format.
• Save as HTML is available.
• Load and save documents in the tab delimited file format.
• Comprehensive support of the CSV format to interact with a variety of applications.
• Easily extract text by saving in plain text format.

Conversion

Spire.XLS for .NET has powerful conversion ability and it enables converting Excel files to most common and popular formats.

• Excel to HTML/XML/CSV
• XML/CSV to Excel
• Excel to Image
• Excel to Text
• Excel to PDF

Contents Features

Spire.XLS for .NET offers a wide range of features and the main features are listed as below:

• Create and Edit Excel
• Find and Replace Data
• Import/Export data from a DataTable, DataView, Array, DataGrid etc.
• Save Excel to file/Stream or as web response
• Create charts
• Read and write hyperlinks
• Create auto filters
• Implement Data Sorting
• Implement Data Validations
• Merge/Unmerge Cells and files
• Group/UnGroup Rows and Columns
• Insert/Delete or Hide Rows, Columns and Sheets
• Calculate Complex Excel Formula
• Freeze/Unfreeze Panes
• Insert Hyperlinks to link data
• Protect/Unprotect Worksheets
• Create Pivot Tables
• Encrypt/Decrypt Files
• Load/Save Excel VBA
• Merge data into Excel with MarkerDesigner

Formatting Features

Spire.XLS for .NET provides detailed programmatic access to formatting properties of all spreadsheet elements.

• Apply all characters formatting in the cells including fonts, colors, effects, fill and shading.
• Apply all the Number Format Settings (supported in MS Excel) for the cells.
• Set all types of Text Alignment settings.
• Apply different kinds of Font Settings for the cells.
• Apply different Colors to Cells, Fonts, Gridlines, Graphic objects etc.
• Apply different Rich Text formatting in a single cell.
• Apply different Border Settings on cells.
• Apply different Background Patterns on cells.
• Apply gradient Background Patterns on cells.
• Apply Format Settings on a Worksheet, Row, Column or a range of cells etc.

Page Setup Features

Spire.XLS for .NET enables developers/programmers to set PageSetup options.

• Adjust your page orientation, scaling, paper size.
• Specify your margins and page centering.
• Create or edit your header and/or footer with image.
• Set print area, print titles, or turn on gridlines etc
• Managing Page Breaks

Feature Details