[RESOLVED] Opening Excel with VB .NET

[thebuffalo]

Okay I am trying to make a class library that takes information from an excel file and puts it into an access database, but I keep getting this dumb object reference error that always screws me over. Here is my code:

Dim xlApp As Excel.Application
    Dim xlWbs As Excel.Workbooks
    Dim xlBook As Excel.Workbook
    Dim xlSheet As Excel.Worksheet
    Dim xlRange As Excel.Range
    Dim strExcelPath As New String("C:\Users\Aj\Desktop\Tax_Research_Template_2010_-_Excel.xls")
    Dim accConn As String = "C:\Users\Aj\Desktop\TaxCert_be.accdb"
    Dim xlDT As New DataTable
    Dim xlDR As DataRow = xlDT.NewRow
    Public Sub XLMain()
        xlBook = xlWbs.Open(strExcelPath)
        xlSheet = xlBook.Worksheets(1)
        ReadXL()
        ImportXL()
        CloseExcel() 
    End Sub

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
xlBook = xlWbs.Open(strExcelPath)