I'm creating a WinForm application that needs to get data from an excel spreadsheet. Do I need to install Office 2007 on my DEV PC? What about the PC that will run the WinForm application? Also, can I use Office PIA without installing office on both my DEV and target PC?
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first step implement method to get data from excel files
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after implement you dosent need to install excel if u need add dll you most create embed resource your dll with your executable file
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I am developing a winform desktop application that uses the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel library for processing Excel files.
I have included this file in the References section of my program, but when I build it as an exe and send it to another user's computer, they are required to download a Microsoft driver in order to use the Excel integration features.
How can I include the dll when I build my program, so that my users don't need to download and install a separate driver?
Updated to add:
My users all have Microsoft Excel installed on their computers, so this is a different issue than the related question.
Here is the error message the user receives:
As i remember Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel requires Microsoft Office to be installed on your target machine. I recommend you to use ExcelDataReader which allows you to work with Excel workbooks and does not require any additional drivers etc. Check it out!
I developed a "Reporting App" on C# that creates reports (basically on .doc's and .ppt's formats (using the MS Office interops libraries)) based on some parameters received from the user. Everything works as expected when the app is executed on a Windows Server or computer. The problem is that one costumer's server is Linux based. Is it possible to create Office documents on a Linux environment? Any ideas how?
I am currently using these libraries:
Microsoft.Office.Core
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint
Please help.
You can use the open XML SDK for cross platform or cases when Office is not installed on the hosting machine
I was wondering about the following Scenario:
I developed a C# application, that generates Excel reports based on the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel Assemblies and installed the application on a Windows 2003 Server without installed Excel, but I don't get it to work there.
So basicly: Do I Need Office on the machine, where I want to use the above named assemblies or might it be for other reasons?
Thanks in advance for all well meant answers.
Yes, you need to have Excel installed on your server. Also, there are special licensing requirements for this, so please see:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257757
I have writeen a software which some part's process is reading data from excel file. I have used linqtoexcel for this. But ı can't run this app on machine not installed office. And I don't want to install "http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23734"(Access DataBaseEngine). I know , Probles is base on this. So My app will be working on xp machine which stand 24 hours.My apps will run once a day. I am not authorized for install software , only run . I want to embedd AccessDatabaseEngine dll's as referance on VS 2010. Thanks.
Unfortunately it's not possible to just include the AccessDatabaseEngine dll's on the server and have LinqToExcel work. The database engine has to be installed on the server.
I have created a windows form application in visual studio 2010 which has 4 forms in it. 3 of these files are connected to 2 different excel files. Now, I want this application to run on another system which has the same excel files. I have just made the application but I am clueless on what to do in order to run it as an application on the other system.
I understand that you are relying on "Interop" to communicate with Excel. In that case, you have to make sure that Microsoft Office is installed on the target computer. In order to avoid problems, confirm that the version is equal to the one you used to create the application.
If the target version of Office is 2007 or older, the Redistributable Primary Interop Assemblies have to be installed on the given computer (link to the 2007 version).