Importing xls file to DataGrid Silverlight 4

Hi there,

Silverlight does not allow us to import excel file directly until we make our application OOB. If some one did not want to do that then below is the way of how to did it.

1. Adding Dll Reference

You need to download a library that is located at:
http://excellite.codeplex.com/

Install it and add these 2 references into your silverlight project:

1. Lite.Library.dll
2. Lite.ExcelLibrary.dll

Import the below namespace into your project

1. using Lite.ExcelLibrary.SpreadSheet;

2. Code to be written in View Model

This method should executes when user fires the Import action.

         /// <summary>
        /// read the xls file and show that data in grid
        /// </summary>
        private void Event_ReadXLSFile ()
        {
            OpenFileDialog XLSFile = new OpenFileDialog();
            XLSFile.Filter = "Excel Files(*.xls)|*.xls";

            if (XLSFile.ShowDialog() == true)
            {
                LocationMaster.Clear();
                //  importing using excel lite library
                FileStream fs = XLSFile.File.OpenRead();
                Workbook wBook = Workbook.Open(fs);

                Worksheet wSheet = wBook.Worksheets[0];
                //  loop over rows
                for (int i = 1; i < wSheet.Cells.LastRowIndex + 1; i++)
                {
                    clsLocationMaster clm = new clsLocationMaster();
                    //  loop over columns
                    for (int j = wSheet.Cells.FirstColIndex; j < wSheet.Cells.LastColIndex + 1; j++)
                    {
                        //  using switch to assign class its values
                        switch (j)
                        {
                            case 0:
                                clm.StockPoint = wSheet.Cells[i, j].Value.ToString();
                                break;

                            case 1:
                                clm.BranchCode = wSheet.Cells[i, j].Value.ToString();
                                break;

                            case 2:
                                clm.Location = wSheet.Cells[i, j].Value.ToString();
                                break;

                            case 3:
                                clm.Description = wSheet.Cells[i, j].Value.ToString();
                                break;

                            default:
                                break;
                        }

                    }

                    //  adding a row to collection
                    LocationMaster.Add(clm);
                }

                //  assign collection to paged collectionview
                pcvGridData = new PagedCollectionView(LocationMaster);
            }
        }

LocationMaster   => Observable collection of  class type clsLocationMaster