• Firstly, Excel and SSIS will put you in a world of pain. Do you really need to use Excel as a source or destination. If you have another option I would seriously consider it.

    Secondly, Are you getting the error in your development environment or when you deploy the package and run in dtsExec.

    Which version of SQL are you on

    Which version of BIDS/SSDT are you using

    Which version of Excel is on your development machince

    Which version of Excel was used to create the file

    Which version of Excel is on your SSIS server

    Is your development machine 32 or 64 bit

    Is your SSIS server 32 or 64 bit

    Is any part of the spreadsheet protected