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MS Office License for VB.NET

Author
27 Dec 2006 6:03 PM
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

Author
27 Dec 2006 9:36 PM
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"Fla" <fla_gro***@tiscali.it> wrote in news:1167242594.030911.81220
@n51g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

> 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 :)