Hi Wardo,

You should not distribute any Excel files:
either they are already on the customers PC so it will work, or they arent
in which case that PC is not licensed to use Excel.

Charles
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"Wardo" wrote in message
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I have an an application that automates DTS packages which transform excel
files generated from an AS/400 (ugly, I know). Recently, something has
changed and certain files are coming down with blank first records and the
DTS package fails sometimes, but other times will process the file. It is
clear that the issue is in the excel file, but my customer cannot resolve
the
problem. I have coded a workaround using the Excel.application object
which
eliminates the offending records and everything works fine.

My question is: what files do I need to distribute with my application to
support this? The system this runs on is owned by an MCP and is basically
a
SQL 2K box on Server 2003 (standard) with no other applications. The
customer owns plenty of licenses, I just don't want to have to install
Office 2003 to make this work, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Pardon me for not finding this information elsewhere, my lack of sleep has
made me slower than usual today.