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August 16, 2008
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ASP.NET and Excel

  • August 16, 2008
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Hi all,

I need to make a site that reads the information from a excel file.
How can i do this as easy as possible?
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Inspiring
August 17, 2008
What problem are you trying to solve? Reading and manipulating an Excel file
on the server is problematic, as you need access to the application object
model or a deep understanding of the file format, essentially writing your
own object model. Loading Excel on the server is not a viable option, as it
is not designed for multi-user access.

There is an Excel server capability with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
2007, but this seems a bit extreme if you're not dealing with a large number
of files/users. Perhaps there is something you could do on the client side
before you upload the document, such as writing a macro to publish the files
to the server in a different format (.txt, ,.csv, etc) that you can read.

HTH

Steve


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> Hi all,
>
> I need to make a site that reads the information from a excel file.
> How can i do this as easy as possible?