Parse to excel?

Hey!
I wonder if i could parse from a Jtable or from text to a excel file?
Using some java code?
I want to have it like a button, "Extract" that should do this.
/Thanks
Mike

Look into POI, which is a Java Library handling Microsoft Office file formats.
Alternatively, you could simply export to a CSV file, which excel can import quite easily (with the added feature that other non-Microsoft Spreadsheets tools can read it as well).

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I think you are making this more complicated than it needs to be. Based on your description above of the logic, I wouldn't even be using Excel at all, and I wouldn't be doing it as a rule table in Word either.
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all
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adsflakjdsf
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dflasdkfjdlkj
asdflajksdflj
adsflakjdsf
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dflasdkfjdlkj
asdflajksdflj
adsflakjdsf
etc.
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I'll try to explain the process of what I want to do first.
1. In Excel
I have an exceldocument (XLS, XLSX or XLSM) with 4 named columns and a named worksheet saved locally on my computer.
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http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/88547/Submit-entire-InfoPath-form-to-web-service
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/590f1e78-5c08-47bd-8af4-9709102b568d/webservice-to-send-attachments-in-infopath-form-to-different-location?forum=sharepointcustomization
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/gg575571.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
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SSIS 2012: SSIS Error Code "Excel Connection Manager" failed with error code 0xC0202009.

Hi,
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Just FYI, through SSDT environment I executed the package successfully with both settings Run64bit runtime setting to Yes and No when error does not occur.
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2012 release.
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TITLE: Package Validation Error
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