Form fields exceeds Excel's column limitation. XML to non-xls solution?

I have a form with more than 256 variables. This is not a problem with xml, but the wizard from Adobe>XML>Excel truncates data at Excel's column limit of 256 columns, leaving my remaining variables only held in the xml files.
Surely others have come across this problem?
I can't split my form for the users, I can only use one form, so that option is out.
Does anyone have the magic answer? I've searched and searched but to no avail.
My goal is to eventually get data from XML to SPSS. Is there a solution that can batch import XML files and transfer to any file type besides excel that SPSS can eventually read (text/flat, other CSV, other)?
Any help very much appreciated.

You can make a VBA app in Excel or a VB app that convert the xml to any format.
/Ulf

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