---
title: "Table 370 Excel Buffer"
author: "Jonas Paprotka"
url: https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/370-excel-buffer/
type: table
id: 370
name: "Excel Buffer"
app: "Base Application"
namespace: System.IO
versions: "17-28"
build: 28.5.54151.54365
source: "https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/370-excel-buffer/source/29/"
checked: 2026-09-20
subject: "Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central"
license: "Content © 2026 Jonas Paprotka. Quote freely with attribution and a link."
---

# Table 370 Excel Buffer

Jonas Paprotka, https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/370-excel-buffer/

| | |
| --- | --- |
| App | Base Application |
| Namespace | System.IO |
| Versions | 17-28 |
| Source file | System/DataExchange/ExcelBuffer.Table.al |

## Fields

| Id | Name | Type | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Row No. | Integer | 17-28 | - | - |
| 2 | xlRowID | Text[10] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 3 | Column No. | Integer | 17-28 | - | - |
| 4 | xlColID | Text[10] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 5 | Cell Value as Text | Text[250] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 6 | Comment | Text[250] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 7 | Formula | Text[250] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 8 | Bold | Boolean | 17-28 | - | - |
| 9 | Italic | Boolean | 17-28 | - | - |
| 10 | Underline | Boolean | 17-28 | - | - |
| 11 | NumberFormat | Text[30] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 12 | Formula2 | Text[250] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 13 | Formula3 | Text[250] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 14 | Formula4 | Text[250] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 15 | Cell Type | Option | 17-28 | - | - |
| 16 | Double Underline | Boolean | 17-28 | - | - |
| 17 | Cell Value as Blob | Blob | 18-28 | - | - |

## Keys

| Name | Fields | Versions |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Key1, clustered | Row No., Column No. | 17-28 |

## Procedures

| Name | Parameters | Returns | Access | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SetReadDateTimeInUtcDate | (Boolean) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CopySheet | (Text, Text, Text, Boolean) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| DeleteWorksheet | (Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetSheetsCount | () | Integer | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| EnterCellByCellName | (Text, Text[250]) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetActiveWriterSheet | (Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetWriterSheetNameByNumber | (Integer) | Text | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CreateNewBook | (Text[250]) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CreateBook | (Text, Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetValueByCellName | (Text) | Text | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetNextColumnCellName | (Text[30]) | Text | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetNextRowCellName | (Text[30]) | Text | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| OpenBook | (Text, Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| OpenBookStream | (InStream, Text) | Text | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| OpenBookForUpdate | (Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| UpdateBook | (Text, Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| UpdateBookExcel | (Text, Text, Boolean) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| UpdateBookStream | (var InStream, Text, Boolean) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CloseBook | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SelectOrAddSheet | (Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetActiveReaderSheet | (Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| WriteSheet | (Text, Text, Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| WriteAllToCurrentSheet | (var Record Excel Buffer) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| WriteCellValue | (Record Excel Buffer) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| WriteCellFormula | (Record Excel Buffer) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetColumnWidth | (Text[10], Decimal) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CreateRangeName | (Text[30], Integer, Integer) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| ReadSheet | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| ReadSheetContinous | (Text, Boolean) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SelectSheetsName | (Text) | Text[250] | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SelectSheetsNameStream | (InStream) | Text[250] | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetExcelReference | (Integer) | Text[250] | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| ExportBudgetFilterToFormula | (var Record Excel Buffer) | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddToFormula | (Text[30]) | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetFormula | () | Text[1000] | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetFormula | (Text[1000]) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| ClearFormula | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| NewRow | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddColumn | (Variant, Boolean, Text, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, Text[30], Option) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddInfoColumn | (Variant, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, Text[30], Option) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| EnterCell | (var Record Excel Buffer, Integer, Integer, Variant, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| StartRange | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| EndRange | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CreateRange | (Text[250]) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| ClearNewRow | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetUseInfoSheet | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| UTgetGlobalValue | (Text[30], var Variant) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetCurrent | (Integer, Integer) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CreateValidationRule | (Code[20]) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| QuitExcel | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| OpenExcel | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| DownloadAndOpenExcel | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| OpenExcelWithName | (Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CreateBookAndOpenExcel | (Text, Text[250], Text, Text, Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetFriendlyFilename | (Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| ConvertDateTimeDecimalToDateTime | (Decimal) | DateTime | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SaveToStream | (var OutStream, Boolean) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetSheetsNameListFromStream | (InStream, var Record Name/Value Buffer) | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| ParseCellValue | (Text, Text) | - | protected | 20-28 | - | - |
| ReadSheetContinous | (Text, Boolean, List, List, Integer) | - | public | 21-28 | - | - |
| CreateValidationRule | (Code[20], Text[250]) | - | public | 24-28 | - | - |

## Events

| Kind | Name | Parameters | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Integration event | OnAfterAddColumnToBuffer | (var Record Excel Buffer, Variant, Boolean, Text, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, Text[30], Option) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeParseCellValue | (var Record Excel Buffer, var Text, var Text, var Boolean) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnWriteCellValueOnBeforeSetCellValue | (var Record Excel Buffer, var Text) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeWriteCellFormula | (var Record Excel Buffer, var Record Excel Buffer, var Boolean) | 18-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeOpenUsingDocumentService | (Text, Text, var Boolean, var Boolean) | 19-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnParseCellValueOnBeforeRoundDecimal | (var Record Excel Buffer, Decimal, var Decimal) | 20-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnWriteSheetOnBeforeUseXmlTextWriter | (var Record Excel Buffer, var Boolean) | 21-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnWriteSheetOnBeforeAddAndInitializeCommentsPart | (var Record Excel Buffer, var Boolean) | 21-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeUTgetGlobalValue | (Text[30], var Variant, var Boolean) | 23-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnUpdateBookExcelOnAfterXlWrkBkWriterOpen | (var Record Excel Buffer, Text, Text) | 23-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeUpdateProgressDialog | (var Codeunit Excel Buffer Dialog Management, var Boolean, var Boolean) | 23-28 | - | - |

## Source

Symbols: Microsoft.BaseApplication.symbols.437dbf0e-84ff-417a-965d-ed2bb9650972, https://dynamicssmb2.pkgs.visualstudio.com/DynamicsBCPublicFeeds/_packaging/MSSymbols/nuget/v3/index.json, highest build per major on 2026-09-20.
AL source 29: https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps, MIT, releases/29.x at a66254c3b8b5bb1cea290dc8f9d097aec4381153.

Jonas Paprotka, 2026-09-20.