Re: MS Excel ====>> iSeries.

My solution


  - Create a directory and a FTP logon on your iseries for each user to
  FTP their XML file up to
  -  Have a background process on the iseries that monitors the
  directories looking for changed files
  - When it detects a changed file, upload the spreadsheet to a database
  file using CPYFRMIMPF, and validate the contents
  - Process the contents and send a confirmation / exception report to
  each user depending on the outcome

This way all the users have to do is FTP their  spreadsheets, and wait for
the email. I have done something similar to this in the past and it worked a
treat. Can be implemented using either java or RPG

cheers
Colin.W