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Hassan Mokdad
Hassan Mokdad

Reputation: 5892

What is the best way to open and read an excel file from a Flex Application

What is the best way to open and parse and excel file from a Flex Application built using Adobe Flash Builder 4.5. I have done tons of research, most lead me to external libraries, I could deal with that if that is the best approach, but prefer a built in method.

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1777

Answers (3)

plemarquand
plemarquand

Reputation: 1986

If it's an option, it may be simpler to export the Excel file as a .CSV and then load and parse that. It's a much simpler file format, and if your Excel sheet contains simple data it is going to be much easier to do.

Otherwise the library that rejo mentioned (http://code.google.com/p/as3xls/) will help. Excel is a complicated file format, it's best not to go it alone.

Upvotes: 1

rejo
rejo

Reputation: 3350

Try this library. http://code.google.com/p/as3xls/

Upvotes: 1

mjfgates
mjfgates

Reputation: 3431

There is no "built-in method" to read Excel files in Flash. If you've found some libraries that claim to do it, give them a shot; you really don't want to try doing it yourself.

Upvotes: 1

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