Excel automation: Close event missing

Question

Another hi all,

I am doing Excel automation via Interop in C#, and I want to be informed when a workbook is closed. However, there is no Close event on the workbook

Answer 1

This is not my code, but this worked a treat for me:

https://gist.github.com/jmangelo/301884

Copy paste:

using System;
using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;

namespace Helpers.Vsto
{
    public sealed class WorkbookClosedMonitor
    {
        internal class CloseRequestInfo
        {
            public CloseRequestInfo(string name, int count)
            {
                this.WorkbookName = name;
                this.WorkbookCount = count;
            }

            public string WorkbookName { get; set; }

            public int WorkbookCount { get; set; }
        }

        public WorkbookClosedMonitor(Excel.Application application)
        {
            if (application == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("application");
            }

            this.Application = application;

            this.Application.WorkbookActivate += Application_WorkbookActivate;
            this.Application.WorkbookBeforeClose += Application_WorkbookBeforeClose;
            this.Application.WorkbookDeactivate += Application_WorkbookDeactivate;
        }

        public event EventHandler WorkbookClosed;

        public Excel.Application Application { get; private set; }

        private CloseRequestInfo PendingRequest { get; set; }

        private void Application_WorkbookDeactivate(Excel.Workbook wb)
        {
            if (this.Application.Workbooks.Count == 1)
            {
                // With only one workbook available deactivating means it will be closed
                this.PendingRequest = null;

                this.OnWorkbookClosed(new WorkbookClosedEventArgs(wb.Name));
            }
        }

        private void Application_WorkbookBeforeClose(Excel.Workbook wb, ref bool cancel)
        {
            if (!cancel)
            {
                this.PendingRequest = new CloseRequestInfo(
                    wb.Name, 
                    this.Application.Workbooks.Count);
            }
        }

        private void Application_WorkbookActivate(Excel.Workbook wb)
        {
            // A workbook was closed if a request is pending and the workbook count decreased
            bool wasWorkbookClosed = true
                && this.PendingRequest != null
                && this.Application.Workbooks.Count < this.PendingRequest.WorkbookCount;

            if (wasWorkbookClosed)
            {
                var args = new WorkbookClosedEventArgs(this.PendingRequest.WorkbookName);

                this.PendingRequest = null;

                this.OnWorkbookClosed(args);
            }
            else
            {
                this.PendingRequest = null;
            }
        }

        private void OnWorkbookClosed(WorkbookClosedEventArgs e)
        {
            var handler = this.WorkbookClosed;

            if (handler != null)
            {
                handler(this, e);
            }
        }
    }

    public sealed class WorkbookClosedEventArgs : EventArgs
    {
        internal WorkbookClosedEventArgs(string name)
        {
            this.Name = name;
        }

        public string Name { get; private set; }
    }
}

When I used it I changed it from return the name of the workbook to a reference to the workbook.