VC++ 6.0 and MS Excel ODBC driver

[Jeffpgh]

I used AppWizard to generate code to read an MS Excel spreadsheet. When trying to select data from the spreadsheet, the following error occurs: (this is output from SQL trace):
[tt]CompanyInfo ff0-ff4 ENTER SQLExecDirectW
HSTMT 00FE18A8
WCHAR * 0x00DE68B8 [ 24] "SELECT * FROM companies$"
SDWORD 24

CompanyInfo ff0-ff4 EXIT SQLExecDirectW with return code -1 (SQL_ERROR)
HSTMT 00FE18A8
WCHAR * 0x00DE68B8 [ 24] "SELECT * FROM companies$"
SDWORD 24

DIAG [37000] [Microsoft][ODBC Excel Driver] Syntax error in FROM clause. (-3506)

CompanyInfo ff0-ff4 ENTER SQLGetDiagRecW
SQLSMALLINT 3
SQLHANDLE 00FE18A8
SQLSMALLINT 1
SQLWCHAR * 0x0012F448 (NYI)
SQLINTEGER * 0x0012F02C
SQLWCHAR * 0x0012F048 (NYI)
SQLSMALLINT 512
SQLSMALLINT * 0x0012F030

CompanyInfo ff0-ff4 EXIT SQLGetDiagRecW with return code 0 (SQL_SUCCESS)
SQLSMALLINT 3
SQLHANDLE 00FE18A8
SQLSMALLINT 1
SQLWCHAR * 0x0012F448 (NYI)
SQLINTEGER * 0x0012F02C (-3506)
SQLWCHAR * 0x0012F048 (NYI)
SQLSMALLINT 512
SQLSMALLINT * 0x0012F030 (59) [/tt]

Here is the wizard generated code:

	HRESULT Open()
	{
		CDataSource db;
		CSession	session;
		HRESULT		hr;

		CDBPropSet	dbinit(DBPROPSET_DBINIT);
		dbinit.AddProperty(DBPROP_AUTH_PERSIST_SENSITIVE_AUTHINFO, false);
		dbinit.AddProperty(DBPROP_INIT_DATASOURCE, "companies");
		dbinit.AddProperty(DBPROP_INIT_PROMPT, (short)4);
		dbinit.AddProperty(DBPROP_INIT_LCID, (long)1033);

		hr = db.OpenWithServiceComponents("MSDASQL.1", &dbinit);
		if (FAILED(hr))
			return hr;

		hr = session.Open(db);
		if (FAILED(hr))
			return hr;

		CDBPropSet	propset(DBPROPSET_ROWSET);
		propset.AddProperty(DBPROP_CANFETCHBACKWARDS, true);
		propset.AddProperty(DBPROP_IRowsetScroll, true);
		propset.AddProperty(DBPROP_IRowsetChange, true);
		propset.AddProperty(DBPROP_UPDATABILITY, DBPROPVAL_UP_CHANGE | DBPROPVAL_UP_INSERT | DBPROPVAL_UP_DELETE );
		hr = CCommand<CAccessor<CCompanies> >::Open(session, "SELECT * FROM companies$", &propset);
		if (FAILED(hr))
			return hr;

		return MoveNext();
	}

};

Can someone help me determine the cause of the syntax error? Thank you.