Hi Vidyasagar,
This solution was very helpful and I am now able to download an xls and xlsx file using this approach.
I have column headings included in my excel template. But I noticed one thing, When I enter data to be uploaded in this template and hit save , it saves it as an XML Spreadsheet, with a file extension of .XML. Is this the normal behavior, can I prevent this default.
Also, When I upload the excel file, it is pulling it up as an XML structure and not as an internal table
as I expected. The xlsx version is working fine, but the xls is coming up as XML.
I am doing the upload and download in WDA.
For uploading the xls version, I use the following approach -
| CALL FUNCTION 'HR_KR_XSTRING_TO_STRING' | |
| EXPORTING | |
| in_xstring = lv_data_source | |
| IMPORTING | |
| out_string = l_string. |
where lv_data_source is the file content from the WDA.
Here l_string is returned all gibberish.
If I save it as .XML, it returns the XML structure.
Using the following option for xlsx file and that is working fine.
| * | Create object of class to read .xlsx file contents | |
| CREATE OBJECT lref_excel | ||
| EXPORTING | ||
| document_name = lv_file_name | ||
| xdocument | = lv_data_source. |
Can anyone help me with the xls version, how do we read the file without having to work with the XML. Or if I am using the wrong FM to retrieve the data from the file.
Appreciate your input.
Thank you
Lalitha