Hi:

I have a page contains the following link to open an Excel file:
<a href="file://serverName\path\fileName.xls">open excel file</a>.

It works fine for the first person who opens the file.  The second one 
will get a message twice and be asked if user wants to open the file in 
read only mode.  No matter the user click OK or Cancel, the browser will 
display a "The page cannot be displayed" message. 

It only happens to Office 97 users.  It seems to be Ok for Office 2000 
users.

Can anybody give me a hint how can I find a workaround?

Thanks!