Can Excel component load older XLS (97-2003) excel files?

I have a system that outputs the older style Excel '97-03 (.xls) format files. I have not been able to use the Excel load component to load these.

Is there another method or setting I'm not using correctly?

I will explore python for now but would be nice if the native component could load XLS files as well as the new XLSX. πŸ‘

No,We are unable to load .xls file using native Excel query component.​