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Hello there,
please I need help as I face an error while getting data from Excel file especially if that excel file located on a shared network
thanks a lot,
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hello Eno,
Yes I've installed that software and is not the reason for that error, I got the issue root cause. It perhaps back to excel file extension "Xlsb", when I changed to the default extension, the error went away
thank a lot,
@AAbdelkader Have you installed the provider? https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=13255
Hello Eno,
Yes I've installed that software and is not the reason for that error, I got the issue root cause. It perhaps back to excel file extension "Xlsb", when I changed to the default extension, the error went away
thank a lot,
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