Excel Reference

In my latest project I have the need to import data from an Excel workbook.

The thing is, I have Office 2003 loaded on my computer and I'm not sure what version will be loaded on my client's computers when they are running my software.

When I was looking at the Excel references, I noticed that there was one in there for 5.0 as well as 11.0.... Is the Excel 5.0 (library i guess) a standard one that is shipped with all versions of Office, or is this just a fluke?

Thanks,

Squirrelly1

Have you considered opening the workbook using ADO?

This is what I am using...

VB Code:

Dim DS As System.Data.DataSet
        Dim MyCommand As System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter
        Dim MyConnection As System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection
 
        MyConnection = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection("provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; data source=" & ofdOpen.FileName & "; Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;")
        ' Select the data from Sheet1 of the workbook.
        MyCommand = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("select * from [Sheet1$]", MyConnection)
 
        DS = New System.Data.DataSet
        MyCommand.Fill(DS)
        MyConnection.Close()