Remove dependency on Access Database Engine to allow xcopy deploy
jtu100 opened this issue · 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?
#141 Is a possible solution to this
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.