Inserting and Removing Cell Comments in a Worksheet

Generally, comments are used to add additional information to cells in a worksheet. We use them every now and then and we delete them when we do not need them any longer. Comments are useful if you need to document a particular value or to help you remember what a formula does. When you move the mouse pointer over a cell that has a comment, the comment pops up in a small box.

In this article, we compare how to add and remove comments from cells using VSTO and Aspose.Cells for .NET. Aspose.Cells for .NET works with Microsoft Excel files independently of Office Automation and gives you powerful tools for creating and manipulating spreadsheets.

Adding and Removing Comments on Cells

To add comments to cells:

1. Open an existing Excel file.
2. Add a comment to a cell.
3. Save the file.

To remove the comments, the process is similar, with the exception that the comment is removed.

The code samples below illustrate first how to add a comment and then how to remove a comment with either VSTO or Aspose.Cells for .NET.

Inserting Comments

These code snippets show how to add a comment to a cell first with VSTO (C#, VB) and then with Aspose.Cells for .NET (C#, VB).

Inserting a Comment with VSTO

C#

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using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime;
using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;
using Office = Microsoft.Office.Core;
using System.Reflection;

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// Instantiate the Application object.
Excel.Application excelApp = new Excel.ApplicationClass();

// Specify the template Excel file path.
string myPath = @"d:\test\Book1.xls";

// Open the Excel file.
excelApp.Workbooks.Open(myPath, Missing.Value, Missing.Value,
    Missing.Value, Missing.Value,
    Missing.Value, Missing.Value,
    Missing.Value, Missing.Value,
    Missing.Value, Missing.Value,
    Missing.Value, Missing.Value,
    Missing.Value, Missing.Value);

// Get the A1 cell.
Excel.Range rng1 = excelApp.get_Range("A1", Missing.Value);

// Add the comment with text.
rng1.AddComment("This is my comment");

// Save the file.
excelApp.ActiveWorkbook.Save();

// Quit the Application.
excelApp.Quit();

Inserting a Comment with Aspose.Cells for .NET

C#

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using Aspose.Cells;
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// Specify the template Excel file path.
string myPath = @"d:\test\Book1.xls";

// Instantiate a new Workbook and open the Excel file.
Workbook workbook = new Workbook(myPath);

// Add a comment to the A1 cell.
int commentIndex = workbook.Worksheets[0].Comments.Add("A1");

// Access the newly added comment.
Comment comment = workbook.Worksheets[0].Comments[commentIndex];

// Set the comment note.
comment.Note = "This is my comment";

// Save the Excel file.
workbook.Save(@"d:\test\Book1.xls");

Removing Comments

To remove a comment from a cell, use the following lines of code for VSTO (C#, VB) and Aspose.Cells for .NET (C#, VB).

Removing a Comment with VSTO

C#

 // Remove the comment.
 rng1.Comment.Delete();

Removing a Comment with Aspose.Cells for .NET

C#

 // Remove the comment.
 workbook.Worksheets[0].Comments.RemoveAt("A1");