In my opinion, thats impossible,!
Unless you have another program that recognize Excel file format
like Excel Viewer, or you can create your own program to read excel file
without install Excel application on your computer.!

Create using VB6.0, C++ or other program builder.

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Regards,

Halim



"Jason Zischke" wrote:

Hi All

I was wondering if there is any way to open xls file without the need of
excel on the computer ?

Jason