ASP.NET and Excel

[Guest]

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?

[Newsgroup_User]

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


"CipherUC" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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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?