Hi friends,

I am doing an ASP application from which i would like to launch EXCEL from a link in the Internet Explorer.

I am able to do that by using the following code

REsponse.Redirect("test.xls")

But iam facing the following problem.

1. For that excel has to installed in the client machines.
2. After using response.redirect it is taking long time to launch the excel.i.e the total excel is transfering from the server to the client and then launching.
3. After excel is launched the any DLL reference made in the excel has to be registered in the client machine.It is not taking the DLL registered in the server even though it is lauched in the Internet Explorer.How to make the excel to refer to the DLL registered in the server ? Is there is any possiblity for lauching the excel without installing OFFICE in the client machine.

I will be greatful for any kind of help in this regard

Thanks

1. Correct - although there are other apps/viewers that will handle XLS files

2. Why not just use a standard link ? The time taken will include the time to render the file through the webserver as well.

3. Unless your server is configured so that you can map directly to the DLL and include it in all the clients then you can't do it. There is also no way that I have found to run any application on the local machine without it being installed there.

http://www.greggriffiths.org/webdev/both/excel/ may give you some coding alternatives though.

Thanks a lot creg for your response.

Can you tell me what are the possible ways to launch excel from ASP inside Internet Explorer ?

check out http://www.greggriffiths.org/webdev/both/ for some ideas.

Greg - Nice link!

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Matt