Question

I’m using Automation to get_Text from an Excel worksheet. I do this because I need the formatted value (getting the value of the cell doesn’t apply any formatting). If the column the cell is in is too narrow, I get ‘#####’ the same was I would if I were to look at the spreadsheet via Excel. How can I avoid that?

EDIT:

Here is the relevant code:

// Return the (string) value of a cell HRESULT CDialogImport::GetCellValue(IRange *irange, int irow, int icol, CString &cstrValue) { // Get dispatch interface for the cell at irow,icol COleVariant vCell; HRESULT hr = AutoWrap(                     DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET,                      &vCell,                      irange,                      L'Item',                      2,                     COleVariant((short)(icol+1)),                      COleVariant((short)(irow+1))); if (FAILED(hr)) return hr;  // Use the dispatch interface to get the value of the cell COleVariant result; hr = AutoWrap(                 DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET,                  &result,                  vCell.pdispVal,                  L'Text',                  0); if (SUCCEEDED(hr))     {     cstrValue = result;      }  return hr; } 

Answer 1

The IRange interface provides an AutoFit() method.

According to the documentation, calling this would make columns wide enough to fit their contents. (It’s the .NET interop documentation, but I expect no differences here)

Be aware that (emphasis mine):

The expression must be a row or a range of rows, or a column or a range of columns. Otherwise, this method generates an error.