Reading XLS file from url

Question

I'm trying to read a XLS file from a URL.
What exactly the code is trying to do is this:
User clicks on a button in a webpage for select a xls file . The file selected may be read and a method write a txt file on another server.
How can i do this?
Many thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
Check whether path ur providing to the open data set stmt is correct or not in debugging mode.
* File upload to internal table from UNIX Directory
    IF NOT p_i1file IS INITIAL AND NOT p_path IS INITIAL.
      CONCATENATE p_path p_i1file INTO v_file.
      CONDENSE v_file.
      OPEN DATASET v_file FOR INPUT IN TEXT MODE MESSAGE v_msg.
      IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
        WRITE:  / 'INPUT FILE CONTAINS NO RECORD :'(010), v_file.
        DO.
          CLEAR tbl_input.
          READ DATASET v_file INTO tbl_input.
          IF sy-subrc NE 0.
            EXIT.
          ELSE.
            APPEND tbl_input.
          ENDIF.
        ENDDO.
* Close Input File
        CLOSE DATASET v_file.
      ELSE.
        WRITE:/'Error uploading file: '(008),v_file.
        STOP.
      ENDIF.
    ENDIF.
It should work.check the sy-subrc value and file value in debug mode.
Thanks
Parvathi