I know this is an old issue, but i got the same error with a Excel 2007 file.

Infragistics for WinForms Version 12.2.2012.2.2027, Visual Studio 2012, VB.NET Framework 4 on Windows 7 64

StackTrace:

System.ArgumentException: The name is not a valid named reference name.
Parameter name: value
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.NamedReferenceBase.SetNameInternal(String value, String paramName, WorkbookFormat currentFormat, Boolean validateName)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.NamedReferenceBase.SetNameInternal(String value, String paramName, WorkbookFormat currentFormat)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.NamedReferenceBase.set_Name(String value)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Serialization.Excel2007.XLSX.Elements.DefinedNameElement.Load(Excel2007WorkbookSerializationManager manager, ExcelXmlElement element, String value, Boolean& isReaderOnNextNode)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Serialization.Excel2007.XmlElementBase.LoadChildElements(Excel2007WorkbookSerializationManager manager, ExcelXmlNode node, ExcelXmlDocument document, XmlReader reader, ElementDataCache elementCache, List`1 elementCacheCollection, BeforeLoadElementCallback beforeLoadElementHandler, AfterLoadElementCallback afterLoadElementHandler, Boolean& isReaderOnNextNode)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Serialization.Excel2007.XmlElementBase.LoadChildElements(Excel2007WorkbookSerializationManager manager, ExcelXmlNode node, ExcelXmlDocument document, XmlReader reader, ElementDataCache elementCache, List`1 elementCacheCollection, BeforeLoadElementCallback beforeLoadElementHandler, AfterLoadElementCallback afterLoadElementHandler, Boolean& isReaderOnNextNode)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Serialization.Excel2007.XmlElementBase.LoadChildElements(Excel2007WorkbookSerializationManager manager, ExcelXmlNode node, ExcelXmlDocument document, XmlReader reader, ElementDataCache elementCache, List`1 elementCacheCollection, BeforeLoadElementCallback beforeLoadElementHandler, AfterLoadElementCallback afterLoadElementHandler, Boolean& isReaderOnNextNode)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Serialization.Excel2007.XmlElementBase.LoadChildElements(Excel2007WorkbookSerializationManager manager, ExcelXmlNode node, BeforeLoadElementCallback beforeLoadElementHandler, AfterLoadElementCallback afterLoadElementHandler, Boolean& isReaderOnNextNode)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Serialization.Excel2007.XmlElementBase.LoadChildElements(Excel2007WorkbookSerializationManager manager, ExcelXmlNode node, Boolean& isReaderOnNextNode)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Serialization.Excel2007.XmlContentTypeBase.Load(Excel2007WorkbookSerializationManager manager, Stream contentTypeStream)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Serialization.Excel2007.Excel2007WorkbookSerializationManager.LoadPart(IPackagePart part)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Serialization.Excel2007.Excel2007WorkbookSerializationManager.LoadPartRelationships(IEnumerable`1 relationships, ContentTypeBase contentType, Boolean isPostLoad)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Serialization.Excel2007.Excel2007WorkbookSerializationManager.LoadPartRelationships(IEnumerable`1 relationships, ContentTypeBase contentType)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Serialization.Excel2007.Excel2007WorkbookSerializationManager.LoadWorkbookContents()
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Serialization.WorkbookSerializationManager.Load()
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Workbook.LoadXLSXFile(Workbook workbook, Stream stream, IPackageFactory packageFactory, Boolean verifyExcel2007Xml)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Workbook.LoadHelper(Stream stream, WorkbookFormat format, String parameterName, IPackageFactory packageFactory, Boolean verifyExcel2007Xml)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Workbook.Load(String fileName, IPackageFactory packageFactory, Boolean verifyExcel2007Xml)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Workbook.Load(String fileName, IPackageFactory packageFactory)
   at Infragistics.Documents.Excel.Workbook.Load(String fileName)

added a file which causes the error

kind regards,

AK