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7/31/22

  • Version 5.31 released.

  • Reduced memory requirements for opening very large Xlsx files.

1/9/22

  • Version 5.30 released.

  • Modified XlsxReader to prevent additional issue when reading files generated by some third party tools.

12/28/21

  • Version 5.29 released.

  • Modified XlsxReader to prevent ArgumentOutOfRangeException when reading files generated by some third party tools.

02/28/21

  • Version 5.28 released.

  • Fixed bug in XlsxReader to prevent NullReferenceException under .Net Core.

12/30/18

  • Version 5.27 released.

  • Upgraded .Net Framework build to 4.5.2.

  • Added .Net Standard 2.0 build with compatibility for .Net Core 2.0+.

06/04/17

  • Version 5.26 released.

  • Fixed bug in XLSX parsing to prevent IndexOutOfRangeException on some XLSX files generated by SSRS.

08/06/16

  • Version 5.25 released.

  • Fixed bug in XLSX parsing to prevent NullReferenceException on cells with borders defined.

03/10/16

  • Version 5.24 released.

  • Added logic to XLS and XLSX readers to return raw cell value in rare instance where cell format is invalid.

  • Fixed bug in OpenXML created XLSX files that might not return text cell values.

  • Added logic to prevent ArgumentOutOfRange on OpenXML created XLSX files.

08/25/15

  • Version 5.23 released.

  • Disabled DTD downloads within XML files read through the various libraries to prevent possible XML External Entity attacks.

05/11/15

  • Version 5.22 released.

  • Added logic to prevent FileNotFoundException on OpenXML created XLSX files.

  • Added logic to prevent NullReferenceException on XLSX files containing chart sheets.

02/22/15

  • Version 5.21 released.

  • Fixed rare ArgumentOutOfRangeException for some XLS files.

12/07/14

  • Version 5.20 released.

  • Removed custom zip file reader implementation for XLSX files and replaced with .Net framework implementation which will better handle various third party generated files.

10/06/13

  • Version 5.19 released.

  • Modified XlsxReader to handle files generated by some third party tools.

05/16/13

  • Version 5.18 released.

  • Modified XlsxReader to handle files generated by Excel 2013.

11/20/11

  • Version 5.17 released.

  • Corrected handling of cell text for some Excel documents when ran on a non English culture OS.

10/03/11

  • Version 5.16 released.

  • Added additional logic to handling of custom date format strings in Excel documents.

11/24/10

  • Version 5.15 released.

  • Added functionality to XlsxReader to read some OpenXML documents not generated by Excel.

  • Updated XlsxReader to fix a bug where an empty row in the spreadsheet might cause parsing to stop.

  • Updated header case sensitivity handling in CsvReader, XlsReader, and XlsxReader to match across all readers.

03/25/10

  • Version 5.14 released.

  • Updated XlsReader to fix a bug where extremely large cell contents were causing an ArgumentOutOfRange exception in constructor.

01/15/10

  • Version 5.13 released.

  • Updated XlsxReader to fix a bug where some date fields were causing an exception to be thrown based on the local culture settings if not en-US.

12/20/09

  • Version 5.12 released.

  • Updated XlsxReader to fix a bug where date fields were not being recognized and instead returned as decimals.

  • Made assembly compatible with a medium trust environment.

10/26/09

  • Version 5.11 released.

  • Updated XlsxReader to fix a bug where sheets were loaded out of order when ran on a 64bit framework.

  • Updated XlsxReader to significantly reduce load time and memory usage when loading large files.

07/09/09

  • Version 5.10 released.

  • Updated XlsxReader to fix a bug with Excel spreadsheets that have multiple formats within a single cell.

09/10/08

  • Version 5.9 released.

  • Updated XlsxReader to fix a bug with Excel spreadsheets that are not compressed.

08/27/08

  • Version 5.8 released.

  • Updated XlsReader to fix several bugs in Excel formats prior to Excel 95.

04/15/08

  • Version 5.7 released.

  • Updated XlsReader to not fail when encountering OLE2 implementations with incorrect casing on entries.

04/04/08

  • Version 5.6 released.

  • Updated XlsxReader to fix a bug with parsing numbers when en-US is not the local culture.

03/14/08

  • Version 5.5 released.

  • Updated XlsxReader to fix a bug with Excel spreadsheets with deleted sheets not loading.

03/08/08

  • Version 5.4 released.

  • Updated XlsReader to not fail when encountering bad OLE2 implementations.

  • Added .Net 3.5 build.

02/19/08

  • Version 5.3 released.

  • Updated XlsReader to fix a bug with Excel spreadsheets with empty cells not loading.

02/01/08

  • Version 5.2 released.

  • Updated XlsReader to fix a bug with Excel spreadsheets with hidden sheets not loading.

01/28/08

  • Version 5.1 released.

  • Updated XlsReader to fix a bug with Excel spreadsheets with chart data not loading.

01/21/08

  • Version 5.0 released.

  • Added Excel 2007 xlsx spreadsheet file functionality with XlsxReader and XlsxDataReader.

01/17/08

  • Version 4.6 released.

  • Updated XlsReader to fix a bug with Excel spreadsheets not returning any data in some number fields.

01/14/08

  • Version 4.5 released.

  • Updated XlsReader to fix a subtle bug with large Excel spreadsheets throwing random exceptions or returning bad data.

12/04/07

  • Version 4.4 released.

  • Updated XlsReader to fix a bug with Excel spreadsheets with images or graphs returning bad data.

11/17/07

  • Version 4.3 released.

  • Updated release to include a specific 2.0 compiled version to fix a bug with XmlRecordReader when called from 2.0.

08/15/07

  • Version 4.2 released.

  • Updated XlsReader to fix a bug with Excel spreadsheets returning bad data in some calculated fields.

06/24/07

  • Version 4.1 released.

  • Updated XlsReader to add extra validation step to accomodate apparent third party vendor files with incorrect spreadsheet size definitions.

03/13/07

  • Version 4.0 released.

  • Added xls spreadsheet file functionality with XlsReader and XlsDataReader.

12/20/06

  • Version 3.0 released.

  • Added fixed width functionality with FixedWidthReader, FixedWidthWriter, and FixedWidthDataReader classes.

  • Added xml functionality for creating stream based readers over xml documents by specifying xpath expressions with XmlRecordReader, and bulk loading with XmlDataReader.

02/01/06

  • Version 2.0 released.

  • New CsvDataReader class added to bulk insert data into SQL Server using .Net 2.0.

08/29/05

  • Added Flush method to CsvWriter.

  • Added more complex backslash character escapes like \### and \o### Octal, \x## Hex, \d### Decimal, and \u#### Unicode.

08/01/05

  • Addition of non text qualified backslash escape format, ie. Red,Porsche,$56\,995.95. Set UseTextQualifier to false and EscapeMode to Backslash.

  • Substitution of common character escapes when EscapeMode is Backslash, ie. \n, \r, or \t.

  • Can now specify custom record delimiter using new RowDelimiter property, ie. |, or ;.

07/01/05

  • Now ignores blank lines.

06/08/05

  • Small speed improvements by combining private methods with only one possible caller.

04/05/05

  • Sped up ReadToEnd method in writer by 70% by removing unnecessary nonnullable column constraint.

03/23/05

  • Dispose bug fixed for when reader is constructed but never used.

02/16/05

  • Initial version released.