VB 2005 and Excel

[Karma31251]

I would like to know how to use a button to open and existing Excel file and just view it.

[MidwestLimey]

http://www.google.com/microsoft?hl=en&q=open+excel+document+vb.net[^] It's not hard. Perhaps I should run Google lessons? :-D

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I'm largely language agnostic

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After a while they all bug me :wtf:

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[koolprasad2003]

hello MidwestLimey, try out following ex.. Dim excel As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application Dim wb As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook Try excel = New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application wb = excel.Workbooks.Open("c:\\test.xls") excel.Visible = True wb.Activate() Catch ex As COMException MessageBox.Show("Error accessing Excel: " + ex.ToString()) Catch ex As Exception MessageBox.Show("Error: " + ex.ToString()) End Try regards, koolprasad2003:) Be a good listener...Because Opprtunity knoughts softly...N-Joy