If i create a program, which in one small out of the way area, uses Excel automation:
will the application fail when Excel is needed
or will the application fail to start?
Update
Let me ask the same question, but in a more drawn out way:
Will the application be usable by
- >99.9% of the users who never use the feature that requires Excel
- 0% of the users, since Excel is not installed.
Let me ask the same question another way:
Will an application fail to initialize that references the COM interop dll's?
Let me ask the same question another way:
Will an application that doesn't use Excel, but references the COM interop DLL's fail to start?
Let me ask the same question another way:
Will an application that doesn't use Excel be usable if Excel is not installed, if that application has a dependancy on the Office Primary Interop dlls?
Let me ask the same question another way:
If my application doesn't use Excel, does the user have to have Excel installed?