Zep,

I agree with Mike. Your solution will require 
* Excel installed on each client pc
* Users must (temporarily) save the file on there PC
* File will need to be uploaded. 

You may find browser security issues when trying to do local-save and upload
behind the scenes (without user noticing temporary file save step).

Unless you are writing a small tool to be used by a select few users, the
approach won't take you far. For more sophisticated control you may want to
explore other alternatives.

In one of our commercial product, we provided a swing based worksheet editor
(using JTable) that stored the data in a internal form. This internal form
would then be converted into excel workbook using POI (on demand). 

Also there are tools that use AJAX techniques to create a spreadsheet editor
within the browser (see google spreadsheet for example).

Regards,
Tahir
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donahue, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:53 PM
> To: POI Users List
> Subject: RE: Read Excel sheet after editing it inside the browser
> 
> Zep -
> 
> I'm pretty sure you are going to have to save the file locally and then
> upload the file back to the server as a regular file upload.  Not the
> prettiest solution, unless you want to write your own web based GUI or
> plug-in for Excel files.
> 
> Good luck...
> 
> - Mike
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zep [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 7:56 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Read Excel sheet after editing it inside the brower
> 
> 
> Hi everyone!
> 
> I've successfully opened an Excel file inside the browser, but now after
> editing the sheet, I'm needing to submit the file to read it from a
> Servlet.
> 
> In other words I need this:
> step 1: display an Excel sheet inside the browser (successfully done).
> step 2: edit the sheet (successfully done).
> step 3: send the sheet data to a Servlet to read it.
> 
> - Im using IE 6
> 
> Anyone could help me?
> Thanks a lot!!!
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