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ShuttreBug
05-28-2003, 12:47 PM
hi everyone.
first, i would like to thank "everyone" for participating in such medium as this. it helps people like me to learn more each day.

issue.
i have a vb script that tells the server to launch the table contents in an excel spreadsheet.

problem is, i need to do the samething at a client side in javascript. is there a way to tell the javascript to launch an excel and display my table?

the table is a simple list

<body>
<table>
<tr><td>field1</td><td>field2</td>, etc..</tr>
</table>
</body>
khalidali63
05-28-2003, 12:58 PM
typically if a system is set to open a certain types of files wiht a certain app,clicking on a link in html should by default open that app...is it not happening?
ShuttreBug
05-28-2003, 01:01 PM
Khalid, cheers!

unfortunately, i need to have it automatically displayed onLoad.

the user will think it's just another spreadsheet.

any ideas?
khalidali63
05-28-2003, 01:14 PM
you can fire a synthetic onclick event on a specific link in a page,if that helps..
ShuttreBug
05-28-2003, 01:17 PM
sorry?

synthetic onclick event?
as oppose to naturally occuring onClick event? =)

you are way over my head.
help me to understand better, how can this help me?

thanks.