FarPoint Spread for BizTalk Server 2006

Convert your Microsoft Excel® XLS data into XML for easy processing through the BizTalk Server pipeline

Spread for BizTalk Server 2006 provides a complete solution for integrating Microsoft Excel data seamlessly into your BizTalk applications.

Spread includes a pipeline disassembler that parses Excel data (XLS, Excel 2007 XML, CSV, TXT) into XML, and a pipeline assembler that creates Excel (XLS, Excel 2007 XML) and PDF documents from XML data in BizTalk Applications.

This is one of the single most important and long awaited innovations to the business process integration (BPI) market I've ever seen.

I rarely make a "pitch" for non-MSFT development products, but if you're a BizTalk developer like me this is one tool that you really need in your "integration arsenal".
- Jeff Lynch Industry Expert and Microsoft MVP

A Codeless Solution
Spread includes the Spreadsheet Schema Wizard and the Spreadsheet Format Designer that are both integrated into Visual Studio 2005. The Spreadsheet Schema Wizard enables the developer to codelessly create custom schemas. These schemas are used by the pipeline disassembler to define the structure of the resulting XML data as it is parsed from incoming Excel streams. This same wizard is used to define the schemas that represent XML data streams to be assembled into Excel or PDF documents through the pipeline assembler. The Spreadsheet Format Designer can be used by the developer to design the appearance of the resulting Excel or PDF documents to be created by the pipeline assembler.


A Simple Solution
The power of Spread is in its functionality, not in its complexity. Spread is a simple and elegant solution to a real business problem – the integration and use of spreadsheet data in your business applications.


Spread for BizTalk provides:•a codeless solution for the integration of Microsoft Excel data into your BizTalk applications
•a Visual Studio integrated design-time that includes the Spreadsheet Schema Wizard, and the Spreadsheet Format Designer
•automated parsing of Excel message streams (XLS, Excel 2007 XML, CSV, TXT) into XML message stream
•automated document creation by assembling XML data in BizTalk applications into Excel (XLS, Excel 2007 XML), or PDF documents

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Watch the Training Video
This video is as close as you will get to a live demo without scheduling a Live Meeting with us! Our Product Manager takes you through a real business scenario using the disassembler and assembler and illustrates the power of Spread for BizTalk Server 2006 and why it should be added to your Microsoft BizTalk arsenal. We highly recommend viewing this video prior to beginning your evaluation of the 60-day trial.