assign value without open excel file

Imports Microsoft.Office.Core Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop Impor开发者_C百科ts Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel

I have this code:

Dim oApp As New Excel.Application()
Dim wb As Excel.Workbook

wb = oApp.Workbooks.Open("D:\NoriaMail\23120011\LPO Summary per Month_View 3 - AllMonths.xlsx")

can anybody tell me how can I assign value to wb witout open the file (I want another function to give wb value without open the file)

thank's for help

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What type of value do you want to "assign"? Some sort of metadata? In my experience, your code above is the correct way to open the file; from there, you can begin manipulating the file.