Hi all, I am trying to build the C# application which will be using C# Interop Excel in MAC OS. I tried using the .Net Core Console application template from Visual Studio 2019. Before that, I am having a set of questions: Will it be possible to add an Interop office library in MAC OS using Visual studio 2019? If so, how to include the interop office library in the .Net core C# application? Kindly provide answers to the questions given.

How to include the C# Interop Excel in Visual Studio .Net Core app in MAC OS?

kamalasubha muthukumar 41

Hi all,
I am trying to build the C# application which will be using C# Interop Excel in MAC OS. I tried using the .Net Core Console application template from Visual Studio 2019.
Before that, I am having a set of questions:

Will it be possible to add an Interop office library in MAC OS using Visual studio 2019?
If so, how to include the interop office library in the .Net core C# application?
Kindly provide answers to the questions given.

AgaveJoe 27,496 Reputation points

2021-07-07T16:36:16.333+00:00

1) Will it be possible to add an Interop office library in MAC OS using Visual studio 2019?

Office interop requires COM which is a Windows feature. I'm pretty sure MAC does not support COM. Have you looked into Office 365 which is web based?
Timon Yang-MSFT 9,576 Reputation points

2021-07-08T02:07:02.637+00:00

@kamalasubha muthukumar
You can also consider using other packages such as OpenXml, which can be used on multiple platforms.
If you encounter any problems when using it, please feel free to post specific questions here.

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