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Is there any way I can code access to an excel sheet independant of which version of office installed?<br />
I'm aiming for at least version 11 (2003) and 12 (2007)<br />
I added the version 12 interop, but could not run it on 11.<br />
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or alternatively, is there a way of maintaining connectivity to both versions?
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Is there any way I can code access to an excel sheet independant of which version of office installed?
I'm aiming for at least version 11 (2003) and 12 (2007)
I added the version 12 interop, but could not run it on 11.

or alternatively, is there a way of maintaining connectivity to both versions?

Programmatically access different versions of Interop.Excel

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