You just need to give the permissions for that file to whatever user coldfusion is running as on your server. I don't know about best practices in this, but I created a 'coldfusion' domain user with very specific permissions, and I run all my services as this user.
Chris Peterson -----Original Message----- From: hussain shaikh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:07 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Reading from an Excel file through ColdFusion. Thanks Ben. I am now able to parse through the excel file sucessfully. But how can I parse an excel file which is located in different server? Hussain. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268196 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
