As Peter T pointed out, you'll need a copy of Excel in order to do
this.

--JP

On Mar 10, 3:36*am, "Jérémie Gent" wrote:
Thanks for your answer JP!

however, this is not quite what I want, cf following Note in this Article:
"NOTE: Using the methods described in this article, your users will only be
able to view your Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, or
PowerPoint presentations. They will not be able to make any modifications to
the files"

I don't actually need my users to view the XLS Files, but I definitely need
my application to read them and write into them.

I was also thinking of accessing the xls files via ODBC, which I guess
wouldn't need any license. I wouldn't be able to change the format of the
cells though (font etc.). And If I'm not mistaken, the ODBC Microsoft Excel
Driver is in ODBCJT32.DLL which is included in standard XP Pro installation,
is that correct?

Thanks for your help!
However again for me, the best way would be to have a legal way to use the
'Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library' on PC without Excel license.