using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel; 

namespace WindowsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Excel.Application xlApp ;
            Excel.Workbook xlWorkBook ;
            Excel.Worksheet xlWorkSheet ;
            Excel.Range chartRange ;
            object misValue = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;

            xlApp = new Excel.ApplicationClass();
            xlWorkBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Add(misValue);
            xlWorkSheet = (Excel.Worksheet)xlWorkBook.Worksheets.get_Item(1);

            chartRange = xlWorkSheet.get_Range ("b2", "e9");
            xlWorkSheet.get_Range("B5", "D5").Validation.Add(Excel.XlDVType.xlValidateInputOnly, Excel.XlDVAlertStyle.xlValidAlertStop, Excel.XlFormatConditionOperator.xlBetween, misValue, misValue);
            xlWorkSheet.get_Range("B5", "D5").Validation.IgnoreBlank = true;
            xlWorkSheet.get_Range("B5", "B5").FormulaR1C1 = "Click Here to see Notes";
            xlWorkSheet.get_Range("B5", "D5").Validation.InputTitle = "csharp.net-informations.com";
            xlWorkSheet.get_Range("B5", "D5").Validation.ErrorTitle = "Error in Title";
            xlWorkSheet.get_Range("B5", "D5").Validation.InputMessage = "Here is the notes embeded - you can enter 255 characters maximum in notes ";
            xlWorkSheet.get_Range("B5", "D5").Validation.ErrorMessage = "Error in Notes";
            xlWorkSheet.get_Range("B5", "D5").Validation.ShowInput = true;
            xlWorkSheet.get_Range("B5", "D5").Validation.ShowError = true; 

            xlWorkBook.SaveAs("csharp.net-informations.xls", Excel.XlFileFormat.xlWorkbookNormal, misValue, misValue, misValue, misValue, Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode.xlExclusive, misValue, misValue, misValue, misValue, misValue);
            xlWorkBook.Close(true, misValue, misValue);
            xlApp.Quit();

            releaseObject(xlWorkSheet);
            releaseObject(xlWorkBook);
            releaseObject(xlApp);

            MessageBox.Show("Excel file created , you can find the file c:\\csharp-Excel.xls");
        }

        private void releaseObject(object obj)
        {
            try
            {
                System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(obj);
                obj = null;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                obj = null;
                MessageBox.Show("Exception Occured while releasing object " + ex.ToString());
            }
            finally
            {
                GC.Collect();
            }
        }

    }
}