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I have created a XML file using Excel 2003's XML formatting standards.
It opens great in Excel 2003, but Excel 2000 does not read it natively.
My question is:

1) Is there anyway to get Excel 2000 to read it natively?

2) If not, is there a way to save the XML on the server-side As an
Excel document for the user to download. I have the Microsoft Office
Tools for Visual Studio, but I need to use it in an already-developed
web application. Ideally it would be as simple as:

xmlfile.SaveAsExcel(filename)

I can easily do this in Excel 2003 manually, but I need this to be
generated server-side.

Any ideas?

I created a complex XML file using the Excel Spreadsheet schema,
unaware that users of Excel 2000 would be unable to use it. I am
wondering if there is any way (in .NET) to take this XML file and save
it as an actual Excel file. Since it is already properly formatted,
this shouldn't take much work, right?

I have Office Tools for Visual Studio, but I need to add this to an
existing web project.

Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks for any help at all :-)