Connecting from RAD Studio

The CData FireDAC Components for Microsoft Excel implement the standard FireDAC classes and integrate Microsoft Excel into RAD Studio wizards. You can access the components from the RAD Studio Tool Palette and use the components alongside standard FireDAC classes like TFDQuery, TFDManager, and TFDConnection.

Connecting from Microsoft Excel

See Establishing a Connection to connect with the Data Explorer and FireDAC Connection Editor wizards.

RAD Studio Version Support

RAD Studio 10.4 (Sydney) and above are supported.

Microsoft Excel Version Support

The CData FireDAC Components for Microsoft Excel supports the Office Open XML spreadsheets used by Microsoft Excel 2007 and later.

Microsoft Excel File Extension Support

The CData FireDAC Components for Microsoft Excel currently supports .xlsx and .xlsm files. However, only read operations are supported for .xlsm files. Modifying data operations may cause loss of or damage to macros.

Dependencies

CData FireDAC components require the 2010 version of the VC++ (x86/x64) redistributable package that matches the bitness of RAD Studio being used. You can download this from Microsoft:

2010 VC++ Redistributable package download Note: The appropriate VC++ redistributable package requires distribution with the deployed application.

See Also

• See Creating VCL Applications to use the Form Designer to create a simple VCL application that queries Microsoft Excel.
• See Writing Data Access Code to create TFDConnection objects. See Connection Definitions for other ways to create connections, with TFDManager for example.
• See Using the FireDAC Components for Microsoft Excel-specific examples of executing prepared statements, discovering schemas, and writing other data access code.