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Thank you both your answers lead to a complete solution for me. &nbsp;<br />
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@Eric. &nbsp;With your blog this link is broken <br />
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<a href="http://nayyeri.net/blog/use-excelpackage-to-manipulate-open-xml-excel-files/" rel="ugc">http://nayyeri.net/blog/use-excelpackage-to-manipulate-open-xml-excel-files/</a>.
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Thank you both your answers lead to a complete solution for me.  

@Eric.  With your blog this link is broken

http://nayyeri.net/blog/use-excelpackage-to-manipulate-open-xml-excel-files/ [http://nayyeri.net/blog/use-excelpackage-to-manipulate-open-xml-excel-files/].

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I have tried to set up an application on a server that is using microsoft excel interop. &nbsp;When trying to do the installation I get errors relating to entry points. &nbsp;I installed Office on the server to test whether it is related to libraries. &nbsp;The installation worked but I cannot leave office on the server. &nbsp;<br />
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Does anyone know what libraries or other factors I need to include or be aware of when installing excel interop as part of a VB installation
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I have tried to set up an application on a server that is using microsoft excel interop.  When trying to do the installation I get errors relating to entry points.  I installed Office on the server to test whether it is related to libraries.  The installation worked but I cannot leave office on the server.  

Does anyone know what libraries or other factors I need to include or be aware of when installing excel interop as part of a VB installation

Microsoft Excel Interop

The .NET Framework is not specific to any one programming language; rather, it includes a library of functions that allows developers to rapidly build applications. Several supported languages include C#, VB.NET, C++ or ASP.NET.

.NET Programming

Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is an object-oriented programming language implemented on the .NET framework, but also supported on other platforms such as Mono and Silverlight. Microsoft launched VB.NET as the successor to the Visual Basic language. Though it is similar in syntax to  Visual Basic pre-2002, it is not the same technology,

Visual Basic.NET

Most development for the Microsoft platform is done utilizing the technologies supported by the.NET framework. Other development is done using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for programs like Access, Excel, Word and Outlook, with PowerShell for scripting, or with SQL for large databases.