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Created February 11, 2010 20:00
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Helper class to provide a Excel Workbook Closed event.
using System;
using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;
namespace Helpers.Vsto
{
public sealed class WorkbookClosedMonitor
{
internal class CloseRequestInfo
{
public CloseRequestInfo(string name, int count)
{
this.WorkbookName = name;
this.WorkbookCount = count;
}
public string WorkbookName { get; set; }
public int WorkbookCount { get; set; }
}
public WorkbookClosedMonitor(Excel.Application application)
{
if (application == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("application");
}
this.Application = application;
this.Application.WorkbookActivate += Application_WorkbookActivate;
this.Application.WorkbookBeforeClose += Application_WorkbookBeforeClose;
this.Application.WorkbookDeactivate += Application_WorkbookDeactivate;
}
public event EventHandler<WorkbookClosedEventArgs> WorkbookClosed;
public Excel.Application Application { get; private set; }
private CloseRequestInfo PendingRequest { get; set; }
private void Application_WorkbookDeactivate(Excel.Workbook wb)
{
if (this.Application.Workbooks.Count == 1)
{
// With only one workbook available deactivating means it will be closed
this.PendingRequest = null;
this.OnWorkbookClosed(new WorkbookClosedEventArgs(wb.Name));
}
}
private void Application_WorkbookBeforeClose(Excel.Workbook wb, ref bool cancel)
{
if (!cancel)
{
this.PendingRequest = new CloseRequestInfo(
wb.Name,
this.Application.Workbooks.Count);
}
}
private void Application_WorkbookActivate(Excel.Workbook wb)
{
// A workbook was closed if a request is pending and the workbook count decreased
bool wasWorkbookClosed = true
&& this.PendingRequest != null
&& this.Application.Workbooks.Count < this.PendingRequest.WorkbookCount;
if (wasWorkbookClosed)
{
var args = new WorkbookClosedEventArgs(this.PendingRequest.WorkbookName);
this.PendingRequest = null;
this.OnWorkbookClosed(args);
}
else
{
this.PendingRequest = null;
}
}
private void OnWorkbookClosed(WorkbookClosedEventArgs e)
{
var handler = this.WorkbookClosed;
if (handler != null)
{
handler(this, e);
}
}
}
public sealed class WorkbookClosedEventArgs : EventArgs
{
internal WorkbookClosedEventArgs(string name)
{
this.Name = name;
}
public string Name { get; private set; }
}
}
@AlanTolan
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Works beautifully for me, thanks.
Quick quibble : It look like there is a redundant condition for wasWorkbookClosed in Application_WorkbookActivate. The true in line 65 can be omitted.

@kaibakker
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Is there a reason for not merging the Activate and Deactivate code in one deactivateWorkbook event?

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