Comments on: Excel Automation: the CultureInfo bug http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/ SQL Server, BI, .NET, IT and anything else I have been playing with. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stephane http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/comment-page-1/#comment-4025 Stephane Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:24:04 +0000 http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/#comment-4025 Besides, The same lines had a different behavior in VB.Net (with Excel automation) and in VBA (Excel VBA). "MyCell.NumberFormat" in VBA returns english format "MyCell.NumberFormat" in VB.Net always returns french format. Changing the CurrentCulture was the only way I found (after 2 hours) to get the english format. Thanks again. Hard to find. Besides,
The same lines had a different behavior in VB.Net (with Excel automation) and in VBA (Excel VBA).
“MyCell.NumberFormat” in VBA returns english format
“MyCell.NumberFormat” in VB.Net always returns french format. Changing the CurrentCulture was the only way I found (after 2 hours) to get the english format.
Thanks again. Hard to find.

]]> By: Valentino Vranken http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/comment-page-1/#comment-4024 Valentino Vranken Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:11:15 +0000 http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/#comment-4024 Glad to hear that blog posts can still be useful, even when they're more than three years old! :) Glad to hear that blog posts can still be useful, even when they’re more than three years old! :)

]]> By: Stephane http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/comment-page-1/#comment-4022 Stephane Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:25:26 +0000 http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/#comment-4022 Excellent, This helped me to solve my problem with french version of Excel, when I use the Range's property NumberFormat (or NumberFormatLocal). Each Time, NumBerFormat gives the same as NumberFormatLocal, the french Format (with a Date) If I write this before the new instance of Excel, it works as expected. System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US") Thank you very much indeed ! Excellent,
This helped me to solve my problem with french version of Excel, when I use the Range’s property NumberFormat (or NumberFormatLocal).
Each Time, NumBerFormat gives the same as NumberFormatLocal, the french Format (with a Date)
If I write this before the new instance of Excel, it works as expected.
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo(“en-US”)
Thank you very much indeed !

]]> By: “Old format or invalid type library” error while working with excel » Programming http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/comment-page-1/#comment-3958 “Old format or invalid type library” error while working with excel » Programming Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:49:20 +0000 http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/#comment-3958 [...] still the errors came. Finally i found this page Excel Automation: the CultureInfo bug, it told me why there still where errors If you’re doing some Excel automation like creating a [...] [...] still the errors came. Finally i found this page Excel Automation: the CultureInfo bug, it told me why there still where errors If you’re doing some Excel automation like creating a [...]

]]> By: Valentino Vranken http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/comment-page-1/#comment-2249 Valentino Vranken Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:00:47 +0000 http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/#comment-2249 According to the description in the KB article (the Cause chapter) I believe this issue only occurs when using the English version of Excel. I only have Office in English but if you've encountered it using a localized version, I suggest you to add a comment through the KB page. Regards, Valentino. According to the description in the KB article (the Cause chapter) I believe this issue only occurs when using the English version of Excel. I only have Office in English but if you’ve encountered it using a localized version, I suggest you to add a comment through the KB page.

Regards,
Valentino.

]]> By: someguy198650 http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/comment-page-1/#comment-2244 someguy198650 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:15:27 +0000 http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/#comment-2244 What if I set the CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = "en-US" and settings still does not match the installed language of Office (maybe German or Japanese Excel), would it throw another exception? What if I set the CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = “en-US” and settings still does not match the installed language of Office (maybe German or Japanese Excel), would it throw another exception?

]]> By: A Developer's Blog · Blog.AgeInYears == 1 http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/comment-page-1/#comment-1605 A Developer's Blog · Blog.AgeInYears == 1 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:55:28 +0000 http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2008/07/27/excel-automation-the-cultureinfo-bug/#comment-1605 [...] number three goes to Excel Automation: the CultureInfo bug with close to [...] [...] number three goes to Excel Automation: the CultureInfo bug with close to [...]

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