How to: migrate Form to Excel via DDE to Web Form functionality

Old client/server environment 4.5 runtime has several forms going back and forth to excel via DDE.
Want to migrate Forms into Web Forms environment using 9iAS ... anyone have ideas on how to best approach handling the excel spreadsheet related issues?
Thanks in advance! John

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This is a fairly common question in the Forums. A simple search of the forum would have given you your answer! poelger provided a link to the Forms Upgrade Center - which is a great place to start! :)
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