Embedding an Excel pivot table into C# winforms

Question

Hi,

Does anyone know how I can embed an Excel Pivot table control in a win form application developed in C#?

The raw data for the form would be coming from a SQL Server 2000 database and loaded into a DataTable.

Thanks,

Answer 1

I don't that you can embed the actual Excel pivot table control into your application but you can make a reference to the Excel libraries to manipulate your data then display it in a DataGridView or other third party control.

Here is a good article on linking to Excel: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302096

Here is my favorite third party Excel like control: http://www.spreadsheetgear.com/

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

You can try the Winforms OLAP grid from VIBlend. You can easily get it to create pivot tables on the fly using APIs.

Hope it helps with solving the problem.