Getting Started

Installation

Install Aspose Cells through NuGet

NuGet is the easiest way to download and install Aspose.Cells for C++.

  1. Create a Microsoft Visual Studio project for C++.
  2. Include header file “Aspose.Cells.h”.
  3. Open Microsoft Visual Studio and NuGet package manager.
  4. Search “aspose.cells.cpp” to find the desired Aspose.Cells for C++.
  5. Click on “Install”, Aspose.Cells for C++ will be downloaded and referenced in your project.

Install Aspose Cells through NuGet

You can also download it from the nuget web page for aspose.cells: Aspose.Cells for C++ NuGet Package

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A demo for using Aspose.Cells for C++ on Windows

  1. Download Aspose.Cells for C++ from the following page: Download Aspose.Cells for C++(Windows)
  2. Unzip the package and you will find a Demo which is on how to use Aspose.Cells for C++.
  3. Open the Demo.sln with Visual Studio 2017 or higher version
  4. main.cpp: this file shows how to code to test Aspose.Cells for C++
  5. sourceFile/resultFile: these two folders are storage directories used in main.cpp

How to use Aspose.Cells for C++ on Linux OS

  1. Download Aspose.Cells for C++ from the following page: Download Aspose.Cells for C++(Linux)
  2. Unzip the package and you will find a Demo which is on how to use Aspose.Cells for C++ for Linux.
  3. Run “cd Demo” in your Linux command line
  4. Run “rm -rf build;mkdir build;cd build”
  5. Run “cmake ..” will create a Makefile by CMakeLists.txt in Demo folder
  6. Run “make” to compile
  7. Run “./demo” you will see the result

Creating the Hello World Application

The steps below creates the Hello World application using the Aspose.Cells API:

  1. Create an instance of the Workbook class.
  2. If you have a license, then apply it. If you are using the evaluation version, skip the license related code lines.
  3. Access any desired cell of a worksheet in the Excel file.
  4. Insert the words “Hello World!” into a cell accessed.
  5. 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 on the first worksheet and saves the Excel file.

Code Sample: Opening an Existing File

The following example opens an existing Microsoft Excel template file, gets a cell and checks the value in the cell A1.

Developer Guide