Error when trying to read an .xls file using EPPlus

Question

The following code is working fine for .xlsx, but it\'s not working for .xls. I got this error message

Can not open the package. Package is an OLE com

Answer 1

I succesfully used Tony's answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/18904633/306515 and simply convert it using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel and can still then use epplus