Visual Basic 6 Pro and Excel

Hello All,

I write code for myself, off and on ,in Visual Basic 6 pro I wrote a program that uses VB as a front end to an access database. my program also usees VB as a front end to excel, where I can write to excel. It all works fine on my pc as an .exe and works fine in the vb enviorment.

My question is if I make a standalone setup.exe for my program and install it on another pc my access data base will work but not excel.

Does the pc, I am installing my .exe to, have to have Microsoft office installed on it for excel to work? Why does the Access database part work but not the excel part? If yes Micosoft office has to be installed, what version of excel or Office has to be installed? Does version matter?

What do I have to add to my setup.exe to make excell work?

Thanks