void AddSheetInWorkbook(string res_id, string ws_name, short sheet_number) { Dictionary <string, string> attrs = new Dictionary <string, string>(); attrs["name"] = ws_name; attrs["r:id"] = res_id; attrs["sheetId"] = sheet_number.ToString(); xml_workbook.FillXmlElements(xml_workbook.Document); XmlElement sheets = xml_workbook.FindFirstNode("sheets", new Dictionary <string, string>()); var new_el = xml_workbook.CreateNode("sheet", attrs, String.Empty, sheets); xml_workbook.Document.InnerXml = xml_workbook.Document.InnerXml.Replace("xmlns=\"\"", String.Empty).Replace("xmlns:r=\"special_ns\"", String.Empty); xml_workbook.SaveDocument(temp_path + "\\xl\\workbook.xml"); }