I am creating an excel application with c#.
Since I will maintain the excel file in urgency I want to keep its handler open.
I want to keep the excel process id so I will be able to kill it in case the system crashs.
How can I get the Excel Pid when creating it?
using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Diagnostics;
class Sample
{
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern int GetWindowThreadProcessId(int hWnd, out int lpdwProcessId);
Process GetExcelProcess(Excel.Application excelApp)
{
int id;
GetWindowThreadProcessId(excelApp.Hwnd, out id);
return Process.GetProcessById(id);
}
}
Here's an example of how to open an Excel file using Excel-Interop, and properly disposing the instance
(source: google)
Application ExcelObj = new Application();
Workbook WB = ExcelObj.Workbooks.Open(fileName,
0, true, 5, "", "", true, XlPlatform.xlWindows, "\t",
false, false, 0, true, false, false);
Sheets sheets = WB.Worksheets;
Worksheet WS = (Worksheet)sheets.get_Item(1);
Range excelRange = WS.UsedRange;
... (DO STUFF?)
// Get rid of everything - close Excel
while (Marshal.ReleaseComObject(WB) > 0) { }
WB = null;
while (Marshal.ReleaseComObject(sheets) > 0) { }
sheets = null;
while (Marshal.ReleaseComObject(WS) > 0) { }
WS = null;
while (Marshal.ReleaseComObject(excelRange) > 0) { }
excelRange = null;
GC();
ExcelObj.Quit();
while (Marshal.ReleaseComObject(ExcelObj) > 0) { }
ExcelObj = null;
GC();
public static void GC()
{
System.GC.Collect();
System.GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
System.GC.Collect();
System.GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
}