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Exporting a DataGridView to Excel in VB.NET

The document provides a VB.NET code snippet for exporting a DataGridView to an Excel file using Microsoft Office Interop libraries. It details the process of creating a new Excel workbook, copying column headers and data from the DataGridView, saving the file, and closing the application. Additionally, it notes the requirement to add references to the `Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel` assembly in the VB.NET project.

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Exporting a DataGridView to Excel in VB.NET

The document provides a VB.NET code snippet for exporting a DataGridView to an Excel file using Microsoft Office Interop libraries. It details the process of creating a new Excel workbook, copying column headers and data from the DataGridView, saving the file, and closing the application. Additionally, it notes the requirement to add references to the `Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel` assembly in the VB.NET project.

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*Exporting a DataGridView to Excel in VB.

NET*

To export a DataGridView to an Excel file in VB.NET, you can use the Microsoft Office Interop libraries.
Here's an example code snippet:

```vb

Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel

Public Sub ExportDataGridViewToExcel(ByVal dgv As DataGridView)

Try

' Create a new Excel workbook

Dim excelApp As New Excel.Application()

Dim workbook As Excel.Workbook = excelApp.Workbooks.Add()

Dim worksheet As Excel.Worksheet = workbook.Sheets(1)

' Copy the column headers from the DataGridView to the Excel worksheet

For i As Integer = 0 To dgv.ColumnCount - 1

worksheet.Cells(1, i + 1) = dgv.Columns(i).HeaderText

Next

' Copy the data from the DataGridView to the Excel worksheet

For i As Integer = 0 To dgv.RowCount - 1

For j As Integer = 0 To dgv.ColumnCount - 1

worksheet.Cells(i + 2, j + 1) = dgv.Rows(i).Cells(j).Value

Next

Next
' Save the Excel file

Dim filePath As String = "C:\example.xlsx"

workbook.SaveAs(filePath)

' Close the Excel application

excelApp.Quit()

' Display a message to indicate the Excel file was created

MessageBox.Show("Excel file created: " & filePath)

Catch ex As Exception

MessageBox.Show("Error exporting to Excel: " & ex.Message)

End Try

End Sub

```

This code creates a new Excel workbook, copies the column headers and data from the DataGridView to
the Excel worksheet, saves the Excel file, and then closes the Excel application.

*Note:* To use the Microsoft Office Interop libraries, you'll need to add references to the
`Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel` assembly in your VB.NET project.

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