Remove dependency on Access Database Engine to allow xcopy deploy

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Remove dependency on Access Database Engine to allow xcopy deploy

jtu100 opened this issue 8 years ago · comments

I love this library, specifically the ExcelQueryFactory which allows the LINQ usage, but I really wish it did not have the dependency on the Access Database Engine. It means we have to install the ACE redistributable everywhere we want to run our system, which is a pain.

Is it feasible to remove this dependency?

Andreas Ringdal · Answer 1 · Thu Apr 12 2018 18:21:45 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

#141 Is a possible solution to this

Stephen Workman · Answer 2 · Sun Aug 26 2018 13:27:45 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I am considering options for this. These days it'd be nice if LinqToExcel worked on .Net Core as well, and the dependency on ACE makes that impossible. However, ACE does a lot of the grunt-work on the back-end when interfacing with the excel files, so some other mechanism would be required - and that may be a lot of work.