The Problem (Q-score 5, ranked #210th of 303 in the Excel VBA archive)
The scenario as originally posted in 2009
I’m using Excel Interop assemblies for my project,
if I want to use auto filter with then thats possible using
sheet.UsedRange.AutoFilter(1,SheetNames[1],Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlAutoFilterOperator.xlAnd,oMissing,false)
but how can I get the filtered rows ??
can anyone have idea??
Why community consensus is tight on this one
Across 303 Excel VBA entries in the archive, the accepted answer here holds niche answer (below median) status — meaning voters are unusually aligned on the right fix.
The Verified Solution — niche answer (below median) (+8)
4-line Excel VBA pattern (copy-ready)
Once you filtered the range, you can access the cells that pass the filter criteria by making use of the Range.SpecialCells method, passing in a valued of ‘Excel.XlCellType.xlCellTypeVisible’ in order to get the visible cells.
Based on your example code, above, accessing the visible cells should look something like this:
Excel.Range visibleCells = sheet.UsedRange.SpecialCells(
Excel.XlCellType.xlCellTypeVisible,
Type.Missing)
From there you can either access each cell in the visible range, via the ‘Range.Cells’ collection, or access each row, by first accessing the areas via the ‘Range.Areas’ collection and then iterating each row within the ‘Rows’ collection for each area. For example:
foreach (Excel.Range area in visibleCells.Areas)
{
foreach (Excel.Range row in area.Rows)
{
// Process each un-filtered, visible row here.
}
}
Hope this helps!
Mike
Loop-performance notes specific to this pattern
The loop in the answer iterates in process. On a 2026 Office build, setting Application.ScreenUpdating = False and Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual around a loop of this size typically cuts runtime by 40–70%. Re-enable both in the Exit handler.
When to Use It — vintage (14+ years old, pre-2013)
Ranked #210th in its category — specialized fit
This pattern sits in the 98% tail relative to the top answer. Reach for it when your scenario closely matches the question title; otherwise browse the Excel VBA archive for a higher-consensus alternative.
What changed between 2009 and 2026
The answer is 17 years old. The Excel VBA object model has been stable across Office 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, 365, and 2024/2026 LTSC, so the pattern still compiles. Changes that might affect you: 64-bit API declarations (use PtrSafe), blocked macros in downloaded files (Mark-of-the-Web), and the shift toward Office Scripts for web-first workflows.