Loading an excel application with a file opened inside a windows .NET client app

Question

How to load an Excel application inside an .NET Windows client application?

The excel application should be hosted in windows form just a like any windows user control.

The loaded excel application will open a excel file created already.

Thanks

Answer 1

Microsoft released the source code for a solution called the DSOFramer (though they have since removed the solution). This solution works in some ways but introduces a lot of problems as well. If you think you have the skill and the automation approach posted on Codeproject doesn't meet your minimum requirements, then give it a shot. Our application is still utilizing the DSOFramer today, but it is really for integrated view only support.