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Rebecca & Firinde:

> Hi,
> 
> I am looking for an Ada API to access Microsoft Spreadsheets, on Windows.
> Needed operations are simple like open, close a workbook, open a sheet and
> access a cell /read & write).

A weak but easy solution is to use DDE (an old MS technology).
You can do all you describe with it.
Look at win_paqs.zip, dde_test.adb, part about Excel.

HTH
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