Reading XLS locally in asp (mvc)
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thanks for reading, my doubt is the following, im trying to get data from an xls file but it has to be done locally, without uploading the file, i have done something similiar with txts files and works perfectly :


    Function Send(ByVal file As HttpPostedFileBase) As ActionResult
        Dim line As String
        Dim textreader As System.IO.StreamReader = New StreamReader(file.InputStream)
        While Not textreader.EndOfStream
            line = textreader.ReadLine()
            ViewBag.line = line
        End While
        Return View("Index")
    End Function



but i cant do the same to the excel file, first of all, because i cant use the streamreader, so when using this code i dont know how to specify the dir of my xls file


        Dim oApp As Excel.Application = New Excel.Application
        Dim oWB As Excel.Workbook
        Dim oSheet As Excel.Worksheet
        oWB = oApp.Workbooks.Open(file.inputstream)  <-- HERE IS WHERE I GET (AN OBVIOUS) ERROR

does anybody knows how to open the file locally? thanks for reading :)