Hello
I'm searching for an API for VB.NET 2005 for creating Office-files (Word and Excel documents) without the need for an installation of Office. This is because I'm working on an application that needs to run on a server and our system engineers don't want any office on those servers.
I have already found libraries for this for Java (Apache POI) and PHP (PEAR). Does anyone know of a similar API for .NET or COM (as long as I don't need Office itself on the server, nearly everthing is fine...)
Best regards,
Markus
standalone API for creating Office files (not using Interop)
Bradley Reynolds
I think it is highly unlikely you will find such a thing - lots of legal ramifications, since it is a propiatary format. Your best bet is to create: Rich Text Files (rtf), CSV files or XML Documents. Otherwise you'd need to install the office applications. You may want to try something like OpenOffice - apparently, it can create Word and Excel compatible documents, but may not have an API compatible with .NET development tools.