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>Fax to EDI I think Howard was kind in his critique of this. We have found it to be a complete nightmare, even when requiring senders to fill in a standard form to fax. It needs manual intervention to complete and correct the information sent. With a large volume of faxes this might be preferable to direct data entry, but we have never had a client unfortunate enough to be in this position In fairness I should say that the last time we looked at this was nearly ten years ago, and there may be OCR software available now which reduces the pain. >Excel to EDI We have many clients who receive 'EDI' as spreadsheet generated csv files [1]. Our software regards csv as 'just another EDI standard' and so they can be taken through mainstream processing. If this is not possible then conversion to conventional EDI has the advantage that you run the data through the error detection mechanisms of the EDI system. Occasionally we have had requirements to process data sent as an Excel spreadsheet in one of the docx formats. This can be unzipped and then processed as (very verbose) XML. >WebForms That seems to be what many hubs provide for non-EDI-enabled suppliers. It has been around for a while, so you will not be on the bleeding edge of technology. I suspect it should be the preferred approach. Regards Chris [1] This was an approach which some firms took in the late 90's, when XML was going to conquer the world, and it seemed wise not to invest in conventional EDI, but wait until XML use had matured and become mainstream. Wry smile. -- Chris Johnson mobile:+44 (0)7785 302122 Fax: +44 (0)870 0519 818 EDI website http://www.edimatrix.co.uk EDIMatrix Ltd work: 0845 126 0680 or +44 20 8778 1402 Registered in UK no. 2777624 Reg.Office: 34 Sydenham Rd, London SE26 5QF ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
