Re: Got an XLS spreadsheet. Need a DB2/400 file. What's the easiest way to get from one to the other?

They are text files.  Use your favorite text editor.

On 7/10/2026 5:55 PM, James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L wrote:
> On 3/2/26 1:50 PM, Glenn Gundermann wrote:
>> The way I upload Excel files is as follows:
>>
>> 1. I define a table on the IBM i. I add 1 dummy row of data.
>> 2. Using ACS, I create a download request to download the data from 
>> the IBM
>> i to Excel, and create the File Definition File.
>> 3. Using ACS, I create an upload request to upload the Excel file to the
>> IBM i using the FDF.
>
> I've got another spreadsheet, even bigger. There are only two 
> significant columns in the spreadsheet (a record ID and an email 
> address), but the target PF has eight more fields that I'd like to 
> either ignore, or fill with literal values. I have the .fdfx file 
> generated by Mr. Gundermann's step 2; can it be edited to do what I 
> want? I don't see any docs on how to manually create and/or edit .fdfx 
> files.
>
> -- 
> JHHL
>
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