reading data from Excel spreadsheet

[geuis]

I'm wondering, is it possible to have javascript open an excel spreadsheet and read in data from the spreadsheet which other elements of the javascript will then be able to act upon?

If you can open/read data from a spreadsheet, what is some sample code that would allow you to do this? Thanks.

[Nevermore]

You can't interact with files on the user's computer at all if the page is online, and your options for client-server interaction are basically limited to getting pages.

[Khalid Ali]

Since excell is an MS product,you can use activeXontrols to communicate with excell spread sheets...search the google you will find some solution

[Nevermore]

After Yahoo warned of the dangers of ActiveX many people have disabled it, so you need to offer an alternative.