Do MS Office required to Bind Excel Data into Grdiview

Question

Hi I am trying to bind Excel document data into Gridview. But in my system i dont have MS office. Do it required compulsory..?. Or i can work/Bind Excel Document Without MS Office.
Please help me on this issue.

Alex Smith · Answer

Hi sun You would probably be interested in this article which provides sample code for Importing data to Excel through DataGridView in C# without dependence of MS Office. https://janewdaisy.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/c-import-data-to-excel-through-datagridview/

Praveen Dhatrika · Answer

All you need is MS Access if you want to bind the data from excel document to the gridview. you do not really require complete MS Office to install if you all ready has MS Excel installed on your machine. Good Luck