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.NET odsReader for OD Spreadsheets

Read OpenDocument spreadsheet files natively in .Net no OpenOffice, no additional providers, no Schema.ini file required.

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odsReader
Features
What odsReader Did
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No OpenOffice Required
Read ODS files without any OpenOffice or LibreOffice installation on the server.
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Multiple OD Formats
Supports ODS, OTS, SXC and STC covering both OpenDocument and StarCalc spreadsheet formats.
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Dynamic Column Types
Programmatically define column data types at runtime rather than relying on auto-detection.
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No Schema.ini Needed
Eliminated the brittle Schema.ini file requirement common with ODBC-based text readers.
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Delimited & Fixed Column
Supports all character-delimited formats as well as fixed-width column layouts.
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Pure .Net Managed Code
No unmanaged dependencies runs cleanly in 32-bit and 64-bit environments.
Supported Formats
Input File Types
ODS OTS SXC STC
Quick Start
Usage Example

Open an ODS file and iterate rows with strongly-typed column access no configuration files or external dependencies.

// Read an ODS spreadsheet odsReader reader = new odsReader(); reader.FileName = "spreadsheet.ods"; reader.Open(); DataTable dt = reader.GetDataTable();

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