After browsing the internet, I found the following posts (below) that are very similar to my problem. However, after trying the solutions, I was still stuck.
VSTO Frustration
Setting cached variables in VSTO 3.0
Basically, I want to fill in some data in an Excel file on a web server before sending it to a client.
Here is my code in the book:
namespace Inno.Data.Excel
{
public partial class ThisWorkbook
{
[Cached]
public DataSet Config = new DataSet();
private void ThisWorkbook_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
var baseUrl = (string)Config.Tables["Config"].Rows[0].ItemArray[0];
var streamIds = (string)Config.Tables["Config"].Rows[0].ItemArray[1];
MessageBox.Show(baseUrl + " " + streamIds);
}
}
}
but on the server side I have the following:
let rootUrl = Uri(x.Request.Url.GetLeftPart(UriPartial.Authority))
let setUpData (report : Report) (sd : ServerDocument) =
let url = rootUrl.AbsoluteUri
let streamIds = String.Join(",", report.series |> Seq.map(fun s -> s.id))
let dt = new System.Data.DataTable("Config")
dt.Columns.Add("BaseUrl", typeof<String>) |> ignore
dt.Columns.Add("StreamIds", typeof<String>) |> ignore
dt.Rows.Add([|box url; box streamIds|]) |> ignore
dt.AcceptChanges()
let cache = sd.CachedData.HostItems.["Inno.Data.Excel.ThisWorkbook"]
let urlItem = cache.CachedData.["Config"]
urlItem.SerializeDataInstance(dt)
sd.Save()
sd.Close()
let initialiseDocument (report : Report) (path : string) =
let fileName = report.name.Replace(" ", "_") + ".xlsx"
let sd = (new ServerDocument(path))
sd |> setUpData report
fileName
let docPath = x.Request.MapPath(Path.Combine(liveReportPath, "Inno.Data.Excel.xlsx"))
let fileName = initialiseDocument report docPath
x.File(File.OpenRead(docPath), "application/vnd.ms-excel", fileName) :> ActionResult
However, when I open the file after downloading it, I get the following error:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime.CannotFindObjectToFillException: Cannot find any public instance member with ID Config in object Inno.Data.Excel.ThisWorkbook.
Things I tried: -
- Using a simple string, not a DataSet
- Call
StartCaching("Config") - Manipulating
ServerDocumentin memory with file overloadbyte[] - Copying an Excel source file and working with a copy
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