If you need to manipulate the data once you open it and do anything with the
worksheets, than you are probably going to have to use COM. However, if you
just need to open it up and read in data and possibly write it back, then
check this out..
http://www.knowdotnet.com/articles/exceldatasource.html
"João Santa Bárbara" <jo****@i24portugal.com> wrote in message
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Hi all
i need to open a Excel File Without using the com Objects, how can i do
this ???
i have see that msoffice 2003 install in the windows\Assmbly Directory an
assembly, but i tried to browse it via reference, but dotnet 2003 doens´t
accept ? how can i solve this ???
thsk
JSB