Read a value from a .xls file using .bat files

Question

I just want to know if there could be any way by which we can read a value from an .xls file using a .bat file. For eg:If i have an .xls named test.xls which is having two colu

Answer 1

You can't do this directly from a batch file. Furthermore, to manipulate use Excel files in scripting you need Excel to be installed.

What you can do is wrap the Excel-specific stuff in a VBScript and call that from your batch.