Create and manage Excel files

[Mark]

Hi all,

i have to create an application that creates and inserts data to a .xls file. Perhaps my question may appears stupid :rolleyes:

 

In the target pc do i have to install MS Office to use this application correctly? Does vb.net have a native support for Office's files or it depends on an installation of this suite?

 

Another time i have to say "Thank You" to all people of this super forum!

 

Bye

 

Mark

[Mark]

:(

[Derek Stone]

You can create Excel files on a client machine without Microsoft Office installed, however to do so you'll need to acquire, whether from a commercial source or a free component site, a library that can write to the Excel file format.

 

Of course if the client does have Microsoft Office installed it's a simple matter of using the Microsoft Excel Object Library to generate a workbook.

[Mark]

Thank you very much!