MS Office License for VB.NET

[Fla]

Good morning.
I'm developing a software in VB.NET using MDAC (through
System.Data.OleDB) to read and write MSExcel And MSAccess files in a
target machine without MSOffice.
Is there any rojalty on .MDB and .XLS formats?
Can I manage XLS and MDB file without MSOffice license?
Thanks in Advance for your replies

 

[Guest]

Is there any rojalty on .MDB and .XLS formats?

I don't believe since you can read/write MDB files without MS Office.

Can I manage XLS and MDB file without MSOffice license?

You only need a MS Office license if you use MS Office components to edit
the MDB/XLS files. But since you're going through Microsoft's drivers - you
don't need Office