Matlab: Excel COM actxserver read entire sheet - excel

I have a large number of measurement data in excel files. I need to read and process this data using matlab. The problem I have is that not all excel files contain the same amount of data.
I have tried the following
excel = actxserver('excel.application');
xlswb = excel.Workbook.Open(myFile);
data = xlswb.Sheets.Item(mySheet).get('Range', 'A1', 'L10000').Value;
This "works" as there will not be more than 10000 rows and 8 columns (in my case). However, this is very dirty code and I have to check for each file where the data actually ends.
Is there a way to read a whole sheet (similar to the xlsread function)?
Thanks!

Sheets("SheetName").UsedRange will get you a collection every used cell in that sheet. However, if cell L10000 had data and it was cleared, it will still make part of that collection.

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Help File:
xlswrite(filename,A) writes array A to the first worksheet in Excel
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xlswrite(filename,A,range) writes to the rectangular region specified
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array txt, and the unprocessed data (numbers and text) in cell array
raw. If your system does not have Excel for Windows, xlsread operates
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Excel software.
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function. xlsread does not change the data stored in the spreadsheet.
Supported only on Windows systems with Excel software.
http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/xlswrite.html
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