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Our company is researching the possibility of switching from NET Framework to .NET core. A few of our modules run either Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word within our application. We currently use the DSOFramer. But that project has already been discontinued and therefore, there is no .NET core implementation of it. Obviously there are problems with docking a Windows application, but let's skip that part of the discussion.
My question is, what are the alternatives to DSOFramer for .NET core? I haven't been able to find anything. I need something which will allow me to run and control the locally installed Excel or Word (which is already possible with the Interops) within the frame of our application.
A way to embed Office documents inside an application is with ATL ("AtlAxWin" class, with BrowserFlags & EditFlags in registry)
Quick test in Net Core 5 with a random .doc =>
Hey, thanks for the example. Can you post the snippet you used to create that? What I would also like to do is control Excel/Word from my code and telling to to programmatically update content or hidden sheets. Is that possible with ATL?
@Simon Wartanian , based on my research, I find the question Is there any replacement for DSOFramer in latest visual studio for loading office documents? RRS feed is similar with your problem. Also, I recommend that you could ask the question in Microsoft 365 and Office.
I would recommend checking out Telerik's RadSpreadsheet control (paid for library). Have not used this control but have been using Telerik libraries for over five years and have never been disappointed.
I have a license to all their products, reason for bring this up is that once purchased you install, in this case the RadSpreadsheet via NuGet secure feed via a login within Visual Studio.
Telerik has some controls for displaying word and excel in wpf and win forms apps. Infragisitics, Syncfusion, DevExpress have controls for excel.
These suggested options do not really dock Microsoft Excel within our application. They provide an Excel-like software. We already have a DevExpress engine, but some functionality is missing in DevExpress and that's why Excel is most often used by our clients.