Accessing Excel files via ODBC

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Say my application is accessing Excel files via ODBC. Does Excel have
to be installed on the computer where my application is running?

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While I have not tried it I would guess that it would need to be installed as
you need the ODBC driver to read XL.
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HTH...

Jim Thomlinson

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> Say my application is accessing Excel files via ODBC. Does Excel have
> to be installed on the computer where my application is running?
>

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On Apr 8, 4:36 pm, Jim Thomlinson <James_Thomlin...@owfg-Re-Move-
This-.com> wrote:
> While I have not tried it I would guess that it would need to be installed as
> you need the ODBC driver to read XL.
> --
> HTH...
>
> Jim Thomlinson
>
> "John_...@inbox.ru" wrote:
> > Say my application is accessing Excel files via ODBC. Does Excel have
> > to be installed on the computer where my application is running?

I assumed Excel ODBC drivers can be installed independently from Excel

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