What server-side language are you dealing with? If it's a .NET language, this kind of thing is very easy to accomplish. You can access the contents of excel spreadsheets in one of two ways.
1. There is a ADO.NET data provider called Microsoft Jet http://www.aspfree.com/c/a/Database-Code/Accessing-an-Excel-Spreadsheet-in-ASPNET-VB-and-C-by-Alex-Lowe/ 2. You can use the Excel Object Library (I believe it's available just by installing Excel) http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/csharp_excel.asp Scott On 15/06/06, Ron Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you give the client an OpenOffice spreadsheet, the data is already stored in XML and you may only need a minor transformation with XSLT to get it into a format that you want for for your flash backend. OpenOffice is free and looks a lot like Excel . If your client will only deal with Excel, you can read the Excel spreadsheet with OpenOffice, save it as an OpenOffice spreadsheet and continue the process. We used this to build a searchable database of Personal Protective Equipment for First Responders that ran without any server(police cars and firetrucks do not generally have their own on board servers.). Ron Kedar Mehendale wrote: > Hi, > > I have designed a website in flash with a xml backend. All the products are called from the xml datasheet. Now the client wants a simpler way of updating the site. He finds xml difficult to work on. > > How can i map an xls to the xml backend. ie the client will update the xls file & upload it. From there the xml should read the xls file and update the site. > > Is that possible. Pls do help if anyone knows the solution or codes to do it. > > Thanks. > > Regards, > Kedar Mehendale > ------------------------------------ > Account Supervisor > Tribal DDB India > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Brindavan , 3rd Floor, Shree Ram Mills, Worli, Mumbai 18 > Tel: 022-30404055 /58 > Cell: 9820211838 > www.tribalddbindia.com > ------------------------------------ > > This email is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this email or the information herein, by anyone other than the intended recipient or an employee or an agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. All contents are the copyright property of Mudra Communications Pvt. Ltd. (Mudra) or its group Companies or its clients. If you are not the intended recipient, you are nevertheless bound to respect the sender's legal rights. We require that unintended recipients delete the email and destroy all electronic copies in their system, retaining no copies in any media. Information in this message that do not relate to the official business of sender or its group Companies shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Company. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The email has been successfully scanned for presence of virus. It is recommended to scan along with attachment, if any, before launching. We do not accept any liability for any errors, omissions, viruses or computer problems experienced by any recipient as a result of this email. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > > > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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