Opening Excel from AS400 -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Opening Excel from AS400
From: Vinay Gavankar <vinaygav@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:58:12 -0500
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Is it posible to write a CSV file to IFS and open it in Excel, seamlessly
from an AS400 program?

This is what I want to do:

Program will display data from a file. When user presses an F key (Export to
Excel), Excel is started in a new window with that data. User can then save
it whereever he wants on his PC.

I was thinking that a CSV file could be written somewhere on IFS and then
maybe STRPCCMD (or something similar) can open Excel with that file. I don't
know whether such a thing is possible.

There is no specialized software on AS400, and getting any new software
installed, is not an option.

Any ideas?

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