Import spread sheet (OpenOffice) to Visual Basic .net combo box - vb.net

Question

I have a list of client names, project names, employee names, and hourly rates in an OpenOffice spreadsheet that I need to import to Visual Basic .net 2017. It would be preferred if I could do this to a combo box, so the user can just select the names from a drop-down list. It seems as if this is impossible without setting up an SQL server. Does anyone know how I should go about doing this?
I've tried this but it says that it can't connect to Microsoft.Ace.OLEDB.12.0
I got this code from a YouTube video
Private Sub btnGetSpread_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnGetSpread.Click
Try
Dim MyConnection As System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection
Dim dataSet As System.Data.DataSet
Dim MyCommand As System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter
Dim path As String = "P:\Coding\Visual Studio\Visual Basic\TestProject\TestProject\bin\Files\Company_Sheet.ods"
MyConnection = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Ace.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source =" + "P:\Coding\Visual Studio\Visual Basic\TestProject\TestProject\bin\Files\Company_Sheet.ods" + ";Extended Properties=Excel 12.0;")
MyCommand = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("select * from [Sheet1$]", MyConnection)
dataSet = New System.Data.DataSet
MyCommand.Fill(dataSet)
dgvSpread.DataSource = dataSet.Tables(0)
MyConnection.Close()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message.ToString)
End Try
End Sub

Answer 1

This will get you started. I sometimes have to import data from Excel spreadsheets into an Oracle database, this code is years old, but still works (VS 2013). Modify to suit your situation.
Dim sourceFile As String = "C:\Users\appdata\Documents\SomeData.xls"
Dim srcConnString As String = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & sourceFile & ";Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=YES;"""
Dim srcConn As OleDbConnection = New OleDbConnection(srcConnString)
srcConn.Open()
' in the select statement, the fields are the column names in the spreadsheet and are expected to be in row 1 and are case sensitive
' the from clause in the query is the tab of the spreadsheet where the data is
Dim cmdExcel As OleDbCommand = New OleDbCommand("Select NAME,ADDRESS,CITY,STATE,ZIP From [DATA$] Where some where clause", srcConn)
Dim drExcel As OleDbDataReader = cmdExcel.ExecuteReader()
' Now loop through the rows in the spreadsheet
While drExcel.Read()
'Do stuff ...
End While