Getting an Excel Spreadsheet to display within an iframe

[Steve Chong]

I am having difficulties getting an Excel file to display
correctly in an iframe viewed through IE6. Yet when I
changed the page to be displayed from an Excelfile to
a .htm file or a .txt fiel there is no problem.

I am unable to find anything in the knowledge base. Would
appreciate help from anyone who has encountered and solved
this.

Here is my code
<IFRAME frameBorder=0 iframe
name="iframe" height=700 marginHeight=0 marginWidth=0
scrolling=auto
src="test.xls" width=100%></IFRAME>

Thanks and regards
Steve

 

[John McGaw]

I am having difficulties getting an Excel file to display
correctly in an iframe viewed through IE6. Yet when I
changed the page to be displayed from an Excelfile to
a .htm file or a .txt fiel there is no problem.

I am unable to find anything in the knowledge base. Would
appreciate help from anyone who has encountered and solved
this.

Here is my code
<IFRAME frameBorder=0 iframe
name="iframe" height=700 marginHeight=0 marginWidth=0
scrolling=auto
src="test.xls" width=100%></IFRAME>

Thanks and regards
Steve

Out of curiosity, what leads you to believe that an Excel spreadsheet, in
its native form, should be displayable on a web page? I've never heard of
..XLS being a supported WWW native file format. Is there some sort of plugin
involved? A guess on my part is that you answered your own question when you
wrote that "Yet when I changed the page to be displayed from an Excelfile to
a .htm file or a .txt fiel there is no problem".
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John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

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[Steve Chong]

John

It worked perfectly before upgrade to IE6.


Steve

-----Original Message-----

I am having difficulties getting an Excel file to display
correctly in an iframe viewed through IE6. Yet when I
changed the page to be displayed from an Excelfile to
a .htm file or a .txt fiel there is no problem.

I am unable to find anything in the knowledge base. Would
appreciate help from anyone who has encountered and solved
this.

Here is my code
<IFRAME frameBorder=0 iframe
name="iframe" height=700 marginHeight=0 marginWidth=0
scrolling=auto
src="test.xls" width=100%></IFRAME>

Thanks and regards
Steve

Out of curiosity, what leads you to believe that an Excel spreadsheet, in
its native form, should be displayable on a web page? I've never heard of
..XLS being a supported WWW native file format. Is there some sort of plugin
involved? A guess on my part is that you answered your own question when you
wrote that "Yet when I changed the page to be displayed from an Excelfile to
a .htm file or a .txt fiel there is no problem".
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

Return address will not work. Please
reply in group or through my website:
http://johnmcgaw.com

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