Excel Starter Edition

Hi all, I have an application that has been happily loading Excel files using the late binding method (due to the client having different versions of Excel throughout the organisation).

However one machine only has Office 2010 Starter Edition installed, and the below code is pulling back an "ActiveX can't create object" error.

oXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

Does anyone know what I should replace "Excel.Application" with for Excel Starter Edition? I'd assume it would just be the same but apparently not!

Thank you.

can you add a reference to it?
starter edition may not be a com object model, in which case automation is not possible

Hi westconn1, thanks for the reply. I can't reference it, however I also can't reference Open Office, but I understand this can still be automated via VB.net 2010?

I was initially surprised that you can't automate Office Starter Edition, but thinking about the fact it's free, I quickly changed my mind!