18.5. COM Interop using C# 4.0 Language Features
Assume you have a Windows Form GUI application (named ExportDataToOfficeApp), whose main Form defines a DataGridView named dataGridCars. This same form has two Button controls, one of which will bring up a dialog box to insert a new row of data to the grid, and the other of which needs to export the grid's data to an Excel spreadsheet. Given the fact that the Excel application exposes a programming model via COM, you can hook into this object model using the interoperability layer. Figure 18-9 shows the completed GUI.
Figure 18.9. The GUI of the COM interop example
You will fill the grid with ...
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