Is this an automated process, or is it something the user requests via a 
website, or maybe requested from a 5250 program?
Does it really need to go to a directory on the end user PC or should it 
just open up in excel automatically?
Brian May
Project Lead
Management Information Systems
Garan, Incorporated
Starkville, Mississippi
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Thanks Kelly & the rest who responded,
I do the conversion into XL on the iSeries itself which means I only need 
to copy the file from the IFS to the local PC. Since I'm new to PHP this 
will be my first project.
I wouldn't want to get started on a 'fading' Net.Data just for this - 
which is why I prefer PHP.
Thanks & best regards
Ewart
Kelly Cookson
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Re: [WEB400] PHP to download any iSeries file in XL format to the local 
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If you search the Internet, you can find PHP classes and packages that are 
used to create Excel files. Here are a few examples:
http://phpexcel.codeplex.com/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/psxlsgen/
http://www.codediesel.com/php/creating-excel-documents-in-php/
http://www.mt-soft.com.ar/2007/12/21/xls-php-class/
I'm not endorsing any of the above, and you should search for yourself to 
see if something looks better for your needs.
I also don't know if all the classes and packages will work in a 
Zend-on-i5 environment. They should. But I haven't tested any of them. 
You should be able to develop a PHP utility that combines your own PHP 
code with a PHP Excel package to read a DB2 table, get the column 
headings, and produce an Excel file.
 
Kelly Cookson
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Dot Foods, Inc.
217-773-4486 x12676
www.dotfoods.com
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Hello All,
Do you know if anyone has create a utility in PHP to download any iSeries 
file in XL format to a local directory ??
We usually do this in XL itself but only the field names & not the field 
headings appear. Some users do not have this facility which is why I was 
planning on developing a web based PHP utility. 
Thanks & best regards
Ewart
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