Close Method (IWorkbooks)

Closes all of the workbooks in a workbook set.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Sub Close()

'Usage
 
Dim instance As IWorkbooks
 
instance.Close()

void Close()

Example

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // Create a new empty workbook set.
        SpreadsheetGear.IWorkbookSet workbookSet = SpreadsheetGear.Factory.GetWorkbookSet();
        // Create a new empty workbook in the workbook set.
        SpreadsheetGear.IWorkbook workbook = workbookSet.Workbooks.Add();
        // Save to C:\MyData.xls.
        workbook.SaveAs("C:\\MyData.xls", SpreadsheetGear.FileFormat.Excel8);
        // Set Sheet1!A1 to "Hello World!".
        workbook.Worksheets["Sheet1"].Cells["A1"].Value = "Hello World!";
        // Save to C:\MyData.xls again.
        workbook.Save();
        // Close the workbook, removing it from the workbook set.
        workbookSet.Workbooks.Close();
        // Open the saved workbook from memory.
        workbook = workbookSet.Workbooks.Open("C:\\MyData.xls");
        // Output Sheet1!A1.
        System.Console.WriteLine(workbook.Worksheets["Sheet1"].Cells["A1"].Value.ToString());
    }
}

Visual Basic

Class Program
    Shared Sub Main()
        ' Create a new empty workbook set.
        Dim workbookSet As SpreadsheetGear.IWorkbookSet = SpreadsheetGear.Factory.GetWorkbookSet()
        ' Create a new empty workbook in the workbook set.
        Dim workbook As SpreadsheetGear.IWorkbook = workbookSet.Workbooks.Add()
        ' Save to C:\MyData.xls as an Excel file.
        workbook.SaveAs("C:\\MyData.xls", SpreadsheetGear.FileFormat.Excel8)
        ' Set Sheet1!A1 to "Hello World!".
        workbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells("A1").Value = "Hello World!"
        ' Save to C:\MyData.xls again.
        workbook.Save()
        ' Close the workbook, removing it from the workbook set.
        workbookSet.Workbooks.Close()
        ' Open the saved workbook from memory.
        workbook = workbookSet.Workbooks.Open("C:\\MyData.xls")
        ' Output Sheet1!A1.
        System.Console.WriteLine(workbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells("A1").Value.ToString())
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Program

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

IWorkbooks Interface
IWorkbooks Members

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