Opening Lotus 1-2-3 with VB.Net

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Mike

Does anyone know of any way (3rd party or otherwise) to
open a Lotus 1-2-3 (9.8) spreadsheet with VB.Net 2003? VB
is trying to create a Lotus object, which obviously
doesn't exist.

Thanks,

Mike
 
¤ Does anyone know of any way (3rd party or otherwise) to
¤ open a Lotus 1-2-3 (9.8) spreadsheet with VB.Net 2003? VB
¤ is trying to create a Lotus object, which obviously
¤ doesn't exist.

The Jet database engine has an ISAM driver that can do this but I don't know whether it will support
your version of Lotus. What is the file extension of the Lotus spreadsheet file?


Paul ~~~ (e-mail address removed)
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
 
¤ Hey Paul,
¤
¤ The extension is WK4, but the real issue is that we are
¤ unable to instantiate Lotus 1-2-3 (version 9.8) from
¤ within VB.Net.
¤

Unfortunately I'm not familiar with the Lotus 1-2-3 object model and the Lotus application would
have to be installed for automation to work. Is Lotus 1-2-3 installed?

Microsoft Excel should also be able to open the Lotus spreadsheet using automation.


Paul ~~~ (e-mail address removed)
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
 
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