Excel doc contents to webservice

Question

I have a wpf staff creation window in which I can create basic information like first name, last name etc this creates the staff in my REST web service. An example:

Answer 1

First, here is my test Excel file that contains the Staff you want to import:

(Column 'A' if first name, column 'B' is last name and column 'C' is the password...)

Ok, so assuming that your code calling your web service works, here is my version of the Import_Click method (and a generic method to save new staff):

    private void Import_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        Microsoft.Win32.OpenFileDialog dlg = new Microsoft.Win32.OpenFileDialog();

        // Show open file dialog box
        Nullable<bool> result = dlg.ShowDialog();

        // Process open file dialog box results
        if (result == true)
        {
            // Open document
            string filename = dlg.FileName;

            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application vExcelObj = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application();
            try
            {
                Workbook theWorkbook = vExcelObj.Workbooks.Open(filename, Type.Missing, true);

                Worksheet sheet = theWorkbook.Worksheets[1];  // This is assuming that the list of staff is in the first worksheet

                string vFirstName = "temp";
                string vLastName = "temp";
                string vPassword = "temp";
                int vIndex = 1;

                while (vFirstName != "")
                {
                    // Change the letters of the appropriate columns here!  
                    // In my example, 'A' is first name, 'B' is last name and 'C' is the password
                    vFirstName = sheet.get_Range("A" + vIndex.ToString()).Value.ToString();
                    vLastName = sheet.get_Range("B" + vIndex.ToString()).Value.ToString();
                    vPassword = sheet.get_Range("C" + vIndex.ToString()).Value.ToString();

                    this.SaveNewStaff(vFirstName, vLastName, vPassword);

                    vIndex++;

                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Error processing excel file : " + ex.Message);
            }
            finally {
                vExcelObj.Quit();
            }
        }
    }

    private void SaveNewStaff(string firstName, string lastName, string password) {
        string uri = "http://localhost:8001/Service/Staff";
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.Append("<Staff>");
        sb.AppendLine("<FirstName>" + firstName + "</FirstName>");
        sb.AppendLine("<LastName>" + lastName + "</LastName>");
        sb.AppendLine("<Password>" + password + "</Password>");
        sb.AppendLine("</Staff>");
        string NewStudent = sb.ToString();
        byte[] arr = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(NewStudent);
        HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
        req.Method = "POST";
        req.ContentType = "application/xml";
        req.ContentLength = arr.Length;
        Stream reqStrm = req.GetRequestStream();
        reqStrm.Write(arr, 0, arr.Length);
        reqStrm.Close();
        HttpWebResponse resp = (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse();
        //MessageBox.Show("Staff Creation: Status " + resp.StatusDescription);
        reqStrm.Close();
        resp.Close();
    }

Note: I have REMed out the MessageBox in the call to the web service to make sure you are not annoyed by it if the list is long, but you are free to "unREM" it if you need confirmation for every staff creation. In the same line of taught, there is not validation that the creation has occurred successfully. I would need more details to create a decent validation process. Also VERY important, this does not validate if the staff you are saving already exists in the list. If you re-run this import procedure multiple times, it may (and probably will) create duplicate entries.

Cheers