Let us consider that I have two Excel files (Workbooks) in local. Each Excel workbook is having 3 worksheets.
Lets say WorkBook1 is having Sheet1, Sheet2, Sheet3
An easier solution is to copy the worksheets themselves, and not their cells.
This method takes any number of excel file paths and copy them into a new file:
private static void MergeWorkbooks(string destinationFilePath, params string[] sourceFilePaths)
{
var app = new Application();
app.DisplayAlerts = false; // No prompt when overriding
// Create a new workbook (index=1) and open source workbooks (index=2,3,...)
Workbook destinationWb = app.Workbooks.Add();
foreach (var sourceFilePath in sourceFilePaths)
{
app.Workbooks.Add(sourceFilePath);
}
// Copy all worksheets
Worksheet after = destinationWb.Worksheets[1];
for (int wbIndex = app.Workbooks.Count; wbIndex >= 2; wbIndex--)
{
Workbook wb = app.Workbooks[wbIndex];
for (int wsIndex = wb.Worksheets.Count; wsIndex >= 1; wsIndex--)
{
Worksheet ws = wb.Worksheets[wsIndex];
ws.Copy(After: after);
}
}
// Close source documents before saving destination. Otherwise, save will fail
for (int wbIndex = 2; wbIndex <= app.Workbooks.Count; wbIndex++)
{
Workbook wb = app.Workbooks[wbIndex];
wb.Close();
}
// Delete default worksheet
after.Delete();
// Save new workbook
destinationWb.SaveAs(destinationFilePath);
destinationWb.Close();
app.Quit();
}
Edit: notice that you might want to Move
method instead of Copy
in case you have dependencies between the sheets, e.g. pivot table, charts, formulas, etc. Otherwise the data source will disconnect and any changes in one sheet won't effect the other.