Hi SonD
Don't know about disabling ActiveX but you can open an Excel file externally to the browser using it.
function openMSExcel()
{
var objExcel = new ActiveXObject("Excel.Application"

;
objExcel.Visible = true;
Book = objExcel.Workbooks.Add()
// Place some text in the first cell of the sheet.
Book.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = "This is column A, row 1";
}
function openAnExcelDoc()
{
var objExcel = new ActiveXObject("Excel.Application"

;
objExcel.Visible = true;
Book = objExcel.Workbooks.Open("\\\\servername\\share\\blah.xls"

}
// -->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="javascript

penMSExcel()">Open Excel externally</a><br>
<a href="javascript

penAnExcelDoc()">Open an existing Excel document externally</a>
</body>
</html>
Hope I helped / Thanks for helping
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