>Hi!.
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>I'd like to know how to export information from a Dataset to an Excel File (.xls) without using third party controls.
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>Thanks in advance.

Using the Excel COM object is out of the question on a server. However, Excel reads comma-separated-values files natively (.CSV). Or, you can put together an XML document using the Excel 2003 Reference Schema http://www.microsoft.com/office/xml/default.mspx.