Right clic the startup proyect, and select BUILD. You can find your EXE file in the folder PROJECT > BIN > RELEASE with all then assemblys requiered.
To add an EXCEL file to your proyect just add it.

I the dataset designer create a TableAdapter with the following DML:
SELECT * FROM Table WHERE Name LIKE '%?%'

Add the DataSet and the TableAdapter to the form and bind the controls (I recomend a...