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Visual Basic 6.0 Requires Chilkat v11.3.0+

XLSX Get Sheet Names

Open an Excel spreadsheet (.xlsx) and get the names of the sheets.

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Visual Basic 6.0
Dim success As Long
success = 0

'  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

'  .xlsx files are Zip archives
Dim zip As New ChilkatZip
success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/excel/fakeCompanies.xlsx")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim csv As New ChilkatCsv
Dim sheetNames As New ChilkatStringTable
success = csv.XlsxGetSheets(zip,sheetNames)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print csv.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim i As Long
i = 0
Do While i < sheetNames.Count
    Debug.Print sheetNames.StringAt(i)
    i = i + 1
Loop