Can the uses import from excel?

Apex comes with a neat feature to import from excel. As far as I can see this is meant as a developer tool, to help migrate from excel to apex. Can this feature be provided to the users inside an application? I would like for the users to be able to insert rows into a predefined table based on their excel sheets. Similar to the import feature they should be able to just cut'n paste from excel into a text area, click next and then get a neat display of the data they are about to insert (just like in the tool->data load/unload tool).

Hello,
The following - http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=38131:1- is an example, by Vikas, for doing just what you are asking for. You can download the source code and adapt it to your specific needs.
Regards,
Arie.
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[http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/B1/DifferencesbetweentheImportFromExcelandDataTransferWorkbenchtemplatesandwhathappenswhentheyare+interchanged.]
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