.NET xlReader for Microsoft Excel xPortTools

.NET Component

.NET xlReader for Microsoft Excel

Read Microsoft Excel files directly in .Net no Excel installation, no Jet engine, no additional providers required on your server.

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Features

What xlReader Did

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No Excel Required

Read Excel files on any server without a Microsoft Office installation or COM interop.

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No Jet Engine

Avoided the notoriously unreliable Jet/ACE OLEDB provider entirely no 32/64-bit conflicts.

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Multiple Format Support

Read legacy XLS and XLT files as well as modern XLSX, XLTX and XLTM formats.

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Simple API

Familiar DataReader-style interface made it easy to drop into existing .Net data pipelines.

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32 & 64-bit

Fully managed .Net code works in both 32-bit and 64-bit application pools.

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No Extra Dependencies

Self-contained assembly with no redistributable requirements beyond the .Net framework.

Supported Formats

Input File Types

XLS XLT XLSX XLTX XLTM

Quick Start

Usage Example

Read rows from an Excel file using a familiar DataReader-style API with no configuration required.

// Read rows from an Excel file
xlReader reader = new xlReader();
reader.FileName = "data.xlsx";
reader.Open();
while (reader.Read()) {
  var val = reader["ColumnName"];
}
        

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