C# - Retrieve Excel Workbook Sheet Names.

///

/// This mehtod retrieves the excel sheet names from
/// an excel workbook.
///

/// The excel file.
/// String[]
private String[] GetExcelSheetNames(string excelFile)
{
OleDbConnection objConn = null;
System.Data.DataTable dt = null;
try
{
// Connection String. Change the excel file to the file you
// will search.
String connString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" +
"Data Source=" + excelFile + ";Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;";
// Create connection object by using the preceding connection string.
objConn = new OleDbConnection(connString);
// Open connection with the database.
objConn.Open();
// Get the data table containg the schema guid.
dt = objConn.GetOleDbSchemaTable(OleDbSchemaGuid.Tables, null);

if(dt == null)
{
return null;
}
String[] excelSheets = new String[dt.Rows.Count];
int i = 0;
// Add the sheet name to the string array.
foreach(DataRow row in dt.Rows)
{
excelSheets[i] = row["TABLE_NAME"].ToString();
i++;
}
// Loop through all of the sheets if you want too...
for(int j=0; j < excelSheets.Length; j++)
{
// Query each excel sheet.
}
return excelSheets;
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
return null;
}
finally
{
// Clean up.
if(objConn != null)
{
objConn.Close();
objConn.Dispose();
}
if(dt != null)
{
dt.Dispose();
}
}
}