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How can I launch Excel files from an ASP page with IE?

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Ayac

Ayac

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Nov 10, 2000
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Hi all!

I want to launch documents in their own applications. The code below works with Word files and Internet Explorer (I have IE 5.5 and Office 2000) setting the security level to Low. If I want to use the same script to download an Excel application (and replace "Word.Application" with "Excel.Application", the browser launch Excel but then it stops and refuse to load the xls file:


<script language=&quot;VBScript&quot;>
<!--
Sub MenuClick()
Dim ojbWord
Set objWord = CreateObject(&quot;Word.Application&quot;)
objWord.Visible = true
objWord.Documents.Open &quot;/mywebsite/test.doc&quot;
Set objWord = Nothing
window.location.href=&quot;/home.asp&quot;
End Sub
//-->
</script>
...
<body onLoad=&quot;VBScript:MenuClick()&quot;>

Does anyone have any ideas how can I fix this? Is there possibly any ASP turn-around?

I would really appreciate your help,

Thanks!

Ayac
 
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You can just use a basic A HREF if this is good enough? You get asked whether you want to open it or save it. Click OPEN and IE will open it for you.

<A HREF=&quot;./test.xls&quot;>Open Excel Doc</A>

Is this good enough for your needs?? Brett Birkett B.Comp
Systems Analyst
 
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No, my purpose is to get rid off those popup windows what ask you all that crap about &quot;open document in current location &quot; etc. and so on, because it will confuse the average user.
I know I can turn those annoying notify windows in IE, but this is a generic setting for the browsers, our IT manager has some concerns about security if we let browsers launch applications without any warning message. So if we can set up our browsers and tell that our intranet site is a trusted site and set the security low, with this script we can open documents without weakening the browsers security to the outer world and be able to open our internal documents directly without any popup nightmares...

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