Connecting to Excel

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to Excel and configure any necessary connection properties. You can also configure provider capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Connecting from Visual Studio

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Excel provides a seamless integration with Microsoft Visual Studio. The provider is registered as an ADO.NET provider with Visual Studio, allowing for integration with visual designer tools, Server Explorer, and ADO.NET data source configuration wizards.

Excel Version Support

The provider supports the Office Open XML spreadsheets used by Excel 2007 and later.

See Also

• See Using ADO.NET to create ADO.NET connection objects from code.
• See Using Entity Framework to build an EF model based on the Excel connection.
• See Using SSRS to connect to Excel and create real-time reports.
• See Using DbProviderFactory to connect to Excel from generic ADO.NET code.