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I have a google maps page I am playing with. &nbsp;I'd like to add a button to the form to launch an XLS file sitting in a remote location. &nbsp;Is this possible?<br />
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I have tried the following without success:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot;&gt;<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;function startExcel(strFile) &nbsp;{<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;alert (&quot;startExcel&quot;);<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;var myApp = new ActiveXObject(&quot;Excel.Appli<wbr />cation&quot;);<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if (myApp != null) {<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;myApp.Visible = true;<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;myApp.Workbooks.Open(strFi<wbr />le);<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;}<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/script&gt;<br />
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Called by:<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;javascript:startExce<wbr />l('<a href="http://myserver.com/test.xls'" rel="ugc">http://myserver.com/test.xls'</a>)&quot;&gt;Test<wbr />.xls&lt;/a&gt;<br />
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Any suggestions to accomplish this task?<br />

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I have a google maps page I am playing with.  I'd like to add a button to the form to launch an XLS file sitting in a remote location.  Is this possible?

I have tried the following without success:

	<script language="JavaScript">
		function startExcel(strFile)  {
			alert ("startExcel");
			var myApp = new ActiveXObject("Excel.Application");
			if (myApp != null) {
				myApp.Visible = true;
				myApp.Workbooks.Open(strFile);
     		        }
   		}
	</script>

Called by:

        <a href="javascript:startExcel('http://myserver.com/test.xls')">Test.xls</a>

Any suggestions to accomplish this task?


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