Excel Calculation Engine … does it or does it not exist in open xml sdk?

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    Eric White
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    Hi Henry,

    The Open-Xml-Sdk does not contain a calculation engine. Its purpose is only to read and write the file formats.

    Typical uses with regards to Excel are:

    • Generation of spreadsheets
    • Querying spreadsheets and retrieving data

    Modifying existing spreadsheets is a less common and useful scenario for the Open-Xml-Sdk.

    If you need to have an actual calculation engine, you need to automate Excel. I believe that there are commercial products other than Excel that contain Excel compatible calculation engines, but I have no experience with them.

    Regards, Eric

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