From 5b2311c298716e01951a2a2167f747ac02ec5951 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francois Lachance-Guillemette <francois.lguillemette@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 10:59:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Allow reading even if file is open by Excel

---
 ImportExcel.psm1    | 8 ++++++--
 TestImportExcel.ps1 | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 TestImportExcel.ps1

diff --git a/ImportExcel.psm1 b/ImportExcel.psm1
index 2978967..83ace78 100644
--- a/ImportExcel.psm1
+++ b/ImportExcel.psm1
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ function Import-Excel {
 
         $FullName = (Resolve-Path $FullName).Path
         write-debug "target excel file $FullName"
+		
+		$stream = New-Object System.IO.FileStream $FullName,"Open","Read","ReadWrite"
 
-        $xl = New-Object OfficeOpenXml.ExcelPackage $FullName
+        $xl = New-Object OfficeOpenXml.ExcelPackage $stream
 
         $workbook  = $xl.Workbook
 
@@ -39,7 +41,9 @@ function Import-Excel {
             }
             [PSCustomObject]$h
         }
-
+		
+		$stream.Close()
+		$stream.Dispose()
         $xl.Dispose()
         $xl = $null
     }
diff --git a/TestImportExcel.ps1 b/TestImportExcel.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d9d8c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestImportExcel.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Import-Module "$PSScriptRoot/ImportExcel" -Force
+
+Import-Excel "$PSScriptRoot/test.xlsx" -ErrorAction Stop
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