Project Reference, "MISSING: Microsoft Excel 10.0 Object Library" 1

[monkle]

I am writing a program that requires the Microsoft Excel 10.0 Object Library. I just moved the project to a new development machine that does not have Microsoft Excel installed on it, and I do not have my Excel cd with me here. Is there anyplace that I can get download the object library, or will I have to wait until I have the cd with me?

 

[chiph]

You might be able to find it on the internet somewhere, but then there's the copyright issue, as well as the trust issue to worry about. I would wait until you can get your CD. Or, if you're a MSDN Universal member, you should be able to download it.

Chip H.


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[johnwm]

I didn't realise that the Object library might be on the redistributable list - unless you find that it is on the list you will have licensing issues if you just re-install.

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[chiph]

johnwm - It's not on the redistributable list, as far as I know.

monkle - Any application you write against the Excel object library will require your users to own a copy of MS-Excel. If you're writing server-based code against it, you should know that Microsoft doesn't recommend doing this, and you still need to ensure that everyone who uses your server component has a valid Excel license. If you are doing this, you might want to go to componentsource.com and search on "Excel" -- there's a couple of products that can read/write Excel files without requiring MS-Excel to be installed.

Chip H.


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[monkle]

chiph - Thank you for a valuable post. The issue has resolved itself for right now, as I attained a legitimate copy of Excel today.

The software I am writing now is a custom server application to handle inventory. It is very much proprietary. It will only ever be run on one dedicated server machine.

 

[chiph]

It is very much proprietary. It will only ever be run on one dedicated server machine.

But if users will be interacting with it, then they each need an Excel license. Just because the app isn't for general sale doesn't mean that you don't have to comply with the licensing requirements.

Trust me, you don't want the BSA (Business Software Alliance) to conduct an audit at your place of work. I've been through that -- it's neither fun nor cheap.

Chip H.


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[monkle]

Trust me, you don't want the BSA (Business Software Alliance) to conduct an audit at your place of work. I've been through that -- it's neither fun nor cheap.

You're right, we don't want to be audited by the BSA - again. We are 100% compliant with licensing requirements on all machines.

All that the service does is take two csv files and generates a third csv file based on the first two.

I do apreciate the link to componentsource.com. If I ever have to write software for anyone outside of our company, I will have to research this.