Getting data from excel 2010 using c# and oledb

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Keep getting "couldn't find installable ISAM" error.
OS is Windows 7 64bit
MS Office is 2010
Error is generated using the following:
string ced = "Provider = Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source = d:\\alan.xlsx;Extended Properties=\"Excel14.0;HDR=YES;IMEX=1;\"";
OleDbConnection ced5 = new OleDbConnection(ced);
ced5.Open();
Error is generated when trying to open the connection
Have looked on web - lots of advice but no fixes as yet

Posted 30-Jan-12 8:35am

Cedric Hendricks

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ZurdoDev 30-Jan-12 14:37pm

Usually that means you do not have the dll it needs. Is Office installed where the code is running?

theanil 30-Jan-12 14:56pm

what is the error generated ?

Cedric Hendricks 30-Jan-12 16:26pm

where should the ..dll be located?
I've looked in registry under local .../software/microsoft but there is no jet directory there. Is that the problem

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Dean Oliver · Answer 1 · 2012-01-30T08:50:00

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Try this solution. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/90111[^]

Posted 30-Jan-12 8:50am

Dean Oliver

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Cedric Hendricks 30-Jan-12 15:10pm

Thank you Dean but I have already looked at this with no luck