The code window for the Form appears.Īdd the following to the top of Form1.vb: Imports Set the Name property for the check box toĭouble-click Button1. Add two buttons and a check box to Form1. On the View menu, select Toolbox to display the Toolbox. If you are prompted to generate wrappers for the libraries that you selected, click Yes.

Microsoft Office XP does not include PIAs, but they can be downloaded.Ĭlick OK in the Add References dialog box to accept your selections. Note Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Office 2003 include Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs).

On the COM tab, locate Microsoft Excel Object Library, and then click Select.

On the Project menu, click Add Reference.

By default, Form1 is created.Īdd a reference to Microsoft Excel Object Library. Select Windows Application from the Visual Basic Project types. On the File menu, click New, and then click Project. Build the Automation Client for Microsoft Excel The following steps demonstrate this process for both setting and retrieving data using two-dimensional arrays.

Likewise, a two-dimensional array of values can be retrieved for multiple cells at once by using the Value property. To fill a multi-cell range without populating cells one at a time, you can set the Value property of a Range object to a two-dimensional array.

This article also illustrates how to retrieve a multi-cell range as an array by using Automation.

This article demonstrates how to automate Microsoft Excel and how to fill a multi-cell range with an array of values.

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