Code to open a windows spreadsheet

[pabby]

HI

I have been using response.redirect to go to other pages. This time I want to open a xls file that resides on a server\share.

What code is referenced from the click event of a button to open a file whether it be xls,doc, etc etc .

thanks,

Paul

 

[ca8msm]

Try using the example I gave in thread855-1144992


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[xr280xr]

I think it would be a lot easier to just let the client download it (which gives the "Open" option that saves it to the temp directory). But if you really don't want them to have to download a file, (don't quote me on this) I think you might have to read the file and use response.write to write everything you read back to the user, using a StringWriter and StringReader from the System.IO namespace. When writing you'll probly want to check out the Response.ContentType method. This is essentially doing the same thing as offering the option to download though.

 

[ca8msm]

which gives the "Open" option that saves it to the temp directory

That depends on the users settings as they can change whether they get this prompt or not. Changing the ContentType, like in my example, will in most cases prompt the user to save or open the file.


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