Opening Excel in IE - Can We?

[Kenji]

I now understand that users cannot open Excel sheets within Internet
Explorer.

Can we somehow tell Excel application to launch when the user downloads an
Excel sheet?

Kenjiro Yagi

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Kenji,

Users can look at Excel worksheets that were saved as HTML, but they can not
actually use the workbook itself.

How someone's web browser handles a file download depends upon the settings
in the browser. In Internet Explorer you can set it individually for each
file type. You can have IE "Post-Process with Application" which will cause
Excel to launch when one of its file types is received.

-Jim

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[Kenji]

Thanks, I got it to work by changing the settings on IE.

Each of my customers will not do this. Is there a way to automate this
configuration on IE through a program or something on the web?

Kenji

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Kenji,

I hope not! If a script could access the preferences then I would call it a
virus.

You can make really great instructional videos with SnapZPro from Ambrosia.
Educating your clients seems to be the solution to this dilemma.

-Jim

Thanks, I got it to work by changing the settings on IE.

Each of my customers will not do this. Is there a way to automate this
configuration on IE through a program or something on the web?

Kenji

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
MVP info