object reference not set to an instance of an object???

[Twyce]

I'm using this code(see below)to import data from an excel spreadsheet into my database.now the problem is that it throws "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"exception whenever it gets to this line Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook theWorkbook = ExcelObj.Workbooks.Open(ofd.FileName, 0, true, 5, "", "", true, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlPlatform.xlWindows,"\t", false, false, 0, true, true, true); what am i missing or what am i doing wrong? plz help public void ImportToStudent() { try { //Gets the filename, not the path string filename = ofd.SafeFileName; string connection = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + "E:\\..\\PSAtechZTimetableSystem\\SpreadSheet.xls" + "; Extended Properties='Excel 8.0; IMEX=1; HDR=YES'"; // Here is the call to Open a Workbook in Excel // It uses most of the default values (except for the read-only which we set to true) Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook theWorkbook = ExcelObj.Workbooks.Open(ofd.FileName, 0, true, 5, "", "", true, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlPlatform.xlWindows,"\t", false, false, 0, true, true, true); // get the collection of sheets in the workbook Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Sheets sheets = theWorkbook.Worksheets; // get the first and only worksheet from the collection of worksheets Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet worksheet = (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet)sheets.get_Item(1); using (SqlConnection conPSAtechZ = new SqlConnection(connection)) { conPSAtechZ.ConnectionString = connection; using (SqlCommand commandExcel = conPSAtechZ.CreateCommand()) { System.Data.DataTable table = new System.Data.DataTable(); commandExcel.CommandText = "SELECT [StudentID] AS [StudentID]," + "[ModuleCode] AS [ModuleCode], " + "FROM [Sheet1$]"; //Open the Excel Connection conPSAtechZ.Open(); using (SqlDataReader dr = commandExcel.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection)) { while (dr.Read() && dr.HasRows) { lblResults.Text = "Importing..."; try { studentdal.RegisterStudents(new RegisterStudent(Convert.ToString(dr["StudentID"]), Convert.ToString(dr["ModuleCode"]))); commandExcel.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure; lblResults.Text = "Successfully Imported!!"; } catch (Exception Ex) { MessageBox.Show("Error!!\n " + Ex.Message, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error); } } dr.Close(); } } } } catch (Exception EX) { MessageBox.Show("The s

[Lost User]

Twyce wrote:

I'm using this code(see below)to import data from an excel spreadsheet into my database.now the problem is that it throws "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"exception whenever it gets to this line

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook theWorkbook = ExcelObj.Workbooks.Open(ofd.FileName, 0, true, 5,
"", "", true, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlPlatform.xlWindows,"\t",
false, false, 0, true, true, true);

what am i missing or what am i doing wrong? plz help

It means that one of the objects you're trying to access is null. Start your application in the debugger, step into this line (it'll automatically when throwing the exception) and see which of them is null.

[Dr Emmett Brown]

You posted "twyce" :laugh:

[MarkB777]

It's likely the variable ofd is null when you reach the error line.

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