Manipulate a file in code (VB.NET) without executing the file's macros

Question

I have an Excel file that has a bunch of VBA and macro code in it. When I open the file in Excel I can choose not to \'enable\' them - so the values in the fields all stay as t

Answer 1

Is ADO any use to you? I can only give a script example, i'm afraid.

strLinkFile = "C:\Docs\LTD.xls"

Set cn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
cn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
       "Data Source=" & strLinkFile & ";" & _
       "Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=YES;"""

Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rs.Open "Select * from [Sheet1$A1:B5]", cn, adOpenStatic