Function ReadExcel( myXlsFile, mySheet, my1stCell, myLastCell, blnHeader ) 
' Function : ReadExcel 
' Version : 2.00 
' This function reads data from an Excel sheet without using MS-Office 
' 
' Arguments: 
' myXlsFile [string] The path and file name of the Excel file 
' mySheet [string] The name of the worksheet used (e.g. "Sheet1") 
' my1stCell [string] The index of the first cell to be read (e.g. "A1") 
' myLastCell [string] The index of the last cell to be read (e.g. "D100") 
' blnHeader [boolean] True if the first row in the sheet is a header 
' 
' Returns: 
' The values read from the Excel sheet are returned in a two-dimensional 
' array; the first dimension holds the columns, the second dimension holds 
' the rows read from the Excel sheet. 
' 
' Written by Rob van der Woude 
' http://www.robvanderwoude.com 
Dim arrData( ), i, j 
Dim objExcel, objRS 
Dim strHeader, strRange 

Const adOpenForwardOnly = 0 
Const adOpenKeyset = 1 
Const adOpenDynamic = 2 
Const adOpenStatic = 3 

' Define header parameter string for Excel object 
If blnHeader Then 
strHeader = "HDR=YES;" 
Else 
strHeader = "HDR=NO;" 
End If 

' Open the object for the Excel file 
Set objExcel = CreateObject( "ADODB.Connection" ) 
' IMEX=1 includes cell content of any format; tip by Thomas Willig 
objExcel.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & _ 
myXlsFile & ";Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;IMEX=1;" & _ 
strHeader & """" 

' Open a recordset object for the sheet and range 
Set objRS = CreateObject( "ADODB.Recordset" ) 
strRange = mySheet & "$" & my1stCell & ":" & myLastCell 
objRS.Open "Select * from [" & strRange & "]", objExcel, adOpenStatic 

' Read the data from the Excel sheet 
i = 0 
Do Until objRS.EOF 
' Stop reading when an empty row is encountered in the Excel sheet 
If IsNull( objRS.Fields(0).Value ) Or Trim( objRS.Fields(0).Value ) = "" Then Exit Do 
' Add a new row to the output array 
ReDim Preserve arrData( objRS.Fields.Count - 1, i ) 
' Copy the Excel sheet's row values to the array "row" 
' IsNull test credits: Adriaan Westra 
For j = 0 To objRS.Fields.Count - 1 
If IsNull( objRS.Fields(j).Value ) Then 
arrData( j, i ) = "" 
Else 
arrData( j, i ) = Trim( objRS.Fields(j).Value ) 
End If 
Next 
' Move to the next row 
objRS.MoveNext 
' Increment the array "row" number 
i = i + 1 
Loop 

' Close the file and release the objects 
objRS.Close 
objExcel.Close 
Set objRS = Nothing 
Set objExcel = Nothing 

' Return the results 
ReadExcel = arrData 
End Function 

Option Explicit 

Dim arrSheet, intCount 

' Read and display columns A,B, rows 2..6 of "ReadExcelTest.xls" 
arrSheet = ReadExcel( "ReadExcelTest.xls", "Sheet1", "A1", "B6", True ) 
For intCount = 0 To UBound( arrSheet, 2 ) 
WScript.Echo arrSheet( 0, intCount ) & vbTab & arrSheet( 1, intCount ) 
Next 

WScript.Echo "===============" 

' An alternative way to get the same results 
arrSheet = ReadExcel( "ReadExcelTest.xls", "Sheet1", "A2", "B6", False ) 
For intCount = 0 To UBound( arrSheet, 2 ) 
WScript.Echo arrSheet( 0, intCount ) & vbTab & arrSheet( 1, intCount ) 
Next