Convert Excel Range to ADO.NET DataSet or DataTable, etc

Question

I have an Excel spreadsheet that will sit out on a network share drive. It needs to be accessed by my Winforms C# 3.0 application (many users could be using the app and hit

Answer 1

I don't know about a built-in function, but it shouldn't be difficult to write it yourself. Pseudocode:

DataTable MakeTableFromRange(Range range)
{
   table = new DataTable
   for every column in range
   {
      add new column to table
   }
   for every row in range
   {
      add new datarow to table
      for every column in range
      {
         table.cells[column, row].value = range[column, row].value
      }
   }
   return table
}