1.Install-package npoi;
2.Add necessary namespace as below.
using System.IO;
using System.IO.Compression;
using NPOI.HSSF.UserModel;
using NPOI.SS.UserModel;
using NPOI.XSSF.UserModel;
3.code
static void ReadPrintExcelViaNPOI(string excelFileName) { string excelExtension= Path.GetExtension(excelFileName); switch(excelExtension) { case ".xls": NPOIReadXls(excelFileName); break; case ".xlsx": NPOIReadXlsX(excelFileName); break; } } static void NPOIReadXls(string xlsFileName) { try { HSSFWorkbook book; using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(xlsFileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)) { book = new HSSFWorkbook(fs); ISheet st = book.GetSheetAt(0); int rowsCount = st.LastRowNum; totalRowsCount = rowsCount; for (int i = 0; i < rowsCount; i++) { int columnsCount = st.GetRow(i).Cells.Count(); StringBuilder rowBuilder = new StringBuilder(); for (int j = 0; j < columnsCount; j++) { ICell cell = st.GetRow(i).GetCell(j); string cellValue = string.Empty; if (cell != null) { switch (cell.CellType) { case CellType.String: cellValue = cell.StringCellValue; break; case CellType.Numeric: cellValue = cell.NumericCellValue.ToString(); break; } } rowBuilder.Append(cellValue + ","); } string msg = rowBuilder.ToString().TrimEnd(new char[] { ',' }); if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(msg)) { Console.WriteLine(msg); } } } } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } } static void NPOIReadXlsX(string xlsxFileName) { try { XSSFWorkbook book; using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(xlsxFileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)) { book = new XSSFWorkbook(fs); ISheet st = book.GetSheetAt(0); int rowsCount = st.LastRowNum; totalRowsCount = rowsCount; for (int i = 0; i < rowsCount; i++) { int columnsCount = st.GetRow(i).Cells.Count(); StringBuilder rowBuilder = new StringBuilder(); for (int j = 0; j < columnsCount; j++) { ICell cell = st.GetRow(i).GetCell(j); string cellValue = string.Empty; if (cell != null) { switch (cell.CellType) { case CellType.String: cellValue = cell.StringCellValue; break; case CellType.Numeric: cellValue = cell.NumericCellValue.ToString(); break; } } rowBuilder.Append(cellValue + ","); } string msg = rowBuilder.ToString().TrimEnd(new char[] { ',' }); if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(msg)) { Console.WriteLine(msg); } } } } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } }