How to hide worksheet tabs using XlsIO in WinForms?

Syncfusion .NET Excel library do support hiding worksheet tab by disabling DisplayWorkbookTabs property available under IWorkbook interface.

The required worksheet tab can be selected through DisplayedTab of IWorkbook.

The following complete code snippet explains this.

using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
    IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
    application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016;
    IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(5);
    workbook.Worksheets[0].Range["A1:A10"].Text = "Sheet1";
    workbook.Worksheets[1].Range["A1:A10"].Text = "Sheet2";
    workbook.Worksheets[2].Range["A1:A10"].Text = "Sheet3";
    workbook.Worksheets[3].Range["A1:A10"].Text = "Sheet4";
    workbook.Worksheets[4].Range["A1:A10"].Text = "Sheet5";
 
    //Hide the tab
    workbook.DisplayWorkbookTabs = false;
    //set the display tab
    workbook.DisplayedTab = 3;
 
    workbook.SaveAs("Output.xlsx");
    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Output.xlsx");
}

A complete working sample can be downloaded from HideTabs.zip.

On executing the above sample, you will get the output as follows.

Output Excel File

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning on how to hide worksheet tabs using XlsIO in WinForms.

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