Getting Started
Installation
Install Aspose.Cells through NuGet
NuGet is the easiest way to download and install Aspose.Cells for .NET.
- Open Microsoft Visual Studio and NuGet package manager.
- Search “aspose.cells” to find the desired Aspose.Cells for .NET.
- Click on “Install”, Aspose.Cells for .NET will be downloaded and referenced in your project.
You can also download it from the nuget web page for aspose.cells: Aspose.Cells for .NET NuGet Package
Install Aspose.Cells on windows
- Download Aspose.Cells.msi from the following page: Download Aspose.Cells.msi
- Double-click the Aspose Cells msi and follow the instructions to install it:
Install Aspose.Cells on linux
In this example, I use Ubuntu to show how to start using Aspose.Cells on linux.
- Create a .netcore application, named “AsposeCellsTest”.
- Open file “AsposeCellsTest.csproj”, add the following lines into it for Aspose.Cells package references:
<ItemGroup> <PackageReference Include="Aspose.Cells" Version="22.5" /> </ItemGroup>
- Open the project with VSCode on Ubuntu:
- run test with the following code:
Note: Aspose.Cells For .NetStandard can support your requirement on linux.
Applies to: NetStandard2.0, NetCore2.1, NetCore3.1, Net5.0, Net6.0 and advanced version.
Install Aspose.Cells on MAC OS
In this example, I use macOS High Sierra to show how to start using Aspose.Cells on MAC OS.
- Create a .netcore application, named “AsposeCellsTest”.
- Open the application with Visual Studio for Mac, then install Aspose Cells through NuGet:
- run test with the following code:
Note: Aspose.Cells For .NetStandard can support your requirement on MAC OS.
Applies to: NetStandard2.0, NetCore2.1, NetCore3.1, Net5.0, Net6.0 and advanced version.
Run Aspose Cells in Docker
Creating the Hello World Application
The steps below creates the Hello World application using the Aspose.Cells API:
- If you have a license, then apply it. If you are using the evaluation version, skip the license related code lines.
- Create an instance of the Workbook class to create a new Excel file, or open an existing Excel file.
- Access any desired cell of a worksheet in the Excel file.
- Insert the words Hello World! into a cell accessed.
- Generate the modified Microsoft Excel file.
The implementation of the above steps is demonstrated in the examples below.
Code Sample: Creating a New Workbook
The following example creates a new workbook from the scratch, inserts “Hello World!” into cell A1 in the first worksheet and saves as Excel file.
Code Sample: Opening an Existing File
The following example opens an existing Microsoft Excel template file “Sample.xlsx”, inserts “Hello World!” into cell A1 in the first worksheet and saves as Excel file.