Question

i read data from an excel file with this code

        Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet xlWorkSheet;
        Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Range range;

        int rCnt = 0;
        int cCnt = 0;
        string[,] data;

        xlWorkSheet = (Worksheet)wb.Worksheets.get_Item(sheetId);

        range = xlWorkSheet.UsedRange;

        data = new string[range.Rows.Count, range.Columns.Count];

        for (rCnt = 1; rCnt <= range.Rows.Count; rCnt++)
        {
            for (cCnt = 1; cCnt <= range.Columns.Count; cCnt++)
            {          
                data[rCnt - 1, cCnt - 1] = (string)
                (range.Cells[rCnt, cCnt] as Range).Text;
            }
        }

Now i am running sometimes into cells where the value in excel is displayed as ### because the column space is not big enough to display the number. In excel of course i can see the right value in the line on the top when i click on the cell but in my program i am getting the ### as value instead of the right number.

Any advice here?

Answer 1

Try using Range.Value property instead of Text.

So instead of

(range.Cells[rCnt, cCnt] as Range).Text;

you would write

(range.Cells[rCnt, cCnt] as Range).Value;