You just left out the "Provider=" in your string. try
string strConn = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OL
@";Extended Properties=""Excel 12.0;HDR=YES""";
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string strConn = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OL
@";Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=YES""";
Doesn't open office 2007 xslx files. What should be the connection string?
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by: kosturdurPosted on 2007-02-15 at 09:45:51ID: 18542232
after a quick search I found the connection string from gs.com/?ca rrier=exce l2007
Data Source=c:\\exceltest.xls" +
http://www.connectionstrin
and I changed the connection string like that;
string strConn = "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;
@";Extended Properties=""Excel 12.0;HDR=YES""";
but this time I got this error;
An OLE DB Provider was not specified in the ConnectionString. An example would be, 'Provider=SQLOLEDB;'.
Kosturdur