ASP.NET populates Excel data without Office installed - DSOFile

Do you have any requirements to generate online Excel form from server without Office installed?

Why not download DSOFile from Microsoft website?

The Dsofile.dll files lets you edit Office document properties when you do not have Office installed

Sample Code in C#:-

DSOFile.OleDocumentPropertiesClass d = new DSOFile.OleDocumentPropertiesClass();
string file = Server.MapPath(@"Files\I9.xls");
d.Open(file, false, DSOFile.dsoFileOpenOptions.dsoOptionOpenReadOnlyIfNoWriteAccess);

foreach (DSOFile.CustomProperty cp in d.CustomProperties)
{
if (cp.Name == "Name")
{
object objValue = "YB test on " + DateTime.Now;
cp.set_Value(ref objValue);
}
}

d.Save();
d.Close(true);

System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(d);

Response.Write(file + " [Name] field has been updated successfully");

Offshore Development with Agile Software Process

No requirements can get 100% in software development, the better Software Development Process is Agile compared to Waterfall, especially in Offshore Development Business.

This article from Martin Fowler is a good one:-

Using an Agile Software Process with Offshore Development

Documentation in Agile is much lesser compared to Waterfall, but the most important in Agile is user participation.