Different Ways to Open Files

With Aspose.Cells, it is simple to open files, for example to retrieve data or to use a designer template to speed up the development process.

How to Open an Excel File via a Path

Developers can open a Microsoft Excel file using its file path on the local computer by specifying it in the Workbook class constructor. Simply pass the path in the constructor as a string. Aspose.Cells will automatically detect the file format type.

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How to Open an Excel File via a Stream

It is also simple to open an Excel file as a stream. To do so, use an overloaded version of the constructor that takes the Stream object that contains the file.

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How to Open a File with Data Only

To open a file with data only, use the LoadOptions and LoadFilter classes to set the related attributes and options for the template file to be loaded.

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