What is the C# equivalent of Apache POI api?

Question

I have a need to replicate a framework I built ij Java using the Apache POI api to read data from MS Excel. I have no idea what to use that is an equivalent of apache POI library. Any ideas please anyone?

Answer 1

It depends on what you want to do.

One option is NPOI, which is a .Net port of Apache POI to .Net

Another option is to use IKVM, and then Apache POI itself directly from within .Net.

Answer 2

You could use Open XML SDK for manipulating MS Office document formats since Office 2007.