read .xlsx without Excel and OLEDB

Question

Is there any chance to read .xlsx files in C# without having Excel installed on the client, and with no OLEDB connection available?

The application is a Winforms project written in VS2005 C# .NET Framework 2.0.

Solution 1

I decided to use the the Excel Data Reader on CodePlex.

Solution 2

How about this one here:

EPPlus-Create advanced Excel 2007 spreadsheets on the server

EPPlus is a .net library that reads and writes Excel 2007 files using the Open Office Xml format (xlsx). EPPlus supports ranges, cell styling, charts, pictures, shapes, named ranges, autofilters and a lot of other stuff.

Solution 3

Koogra can read .xlsx files.