C# Convert Excel 2007 (xlsx) file into Excel 2003 (xls) file

Question

I am working on a console application which will convert xlsx file into xls file. I don't want to rename it from xlsx to xls because it will get opened in excel 2007 but it will be shown as corrupted file in excel 2003. Looking for a way which will load the document and then it will be saved as xls format.

My current code Just renames the xlsx to xls

string fileName = @"C:\Users\L-3\Desktop\my.xlsx";
string svfileName = @"C:\Users\L-3\Desktop\ssc\my1.xls";
object oMissing = Type.Missing;
var app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application();
var wb = app.Workbooks.Open(fileName, oMissing, oMissing,
                oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing);
wb.SaveAs(svfileName, XlFileFormat.xlOpenXMLTemplate, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, XlSaveAsAccessMode.xlExclusive, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
app.Quit();

Solution 1

Try with to save with XlFileFormat.xlExcel9795. You can also use XlFileFormat.xlWorkbookNormal

Solution 2

Your enum is wrong, instead of XlFileFormat.xlOpenXMLTemplate you want XlFileFormat.xlExcel8, so your code would be like so:

string fileName = @"C:\Users\L-3\Desktop\my.xlsx";
string svfileName = @"C:\Users\L-3\Desktop\ssc\my1.xls";
object oMissing = Type.Missing;
var app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application();
var wb = app.Workbooks.Open(fileName, oMissing, oMissing,
                oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing);
wb.SaveAs(svfileName, XlFileFormat.xlExcel8, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, XlSaveAsAccessMode.xlExclusive, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
app.Quit();

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