Displaying an Excel File

[Jon]

Hi,
I dabble with FP, and manage a small site. Currently, I
have a link to an Excel file. The problem is that this
link actually opens the file in Excel. What I would like
to do is just display the information from the file. I
know that I could convert it to HTML and display it that
way, but this file is dynamic and changes a lot. Thus,
whenthe Excel file gets changed, the data in the web link
would need to be updated as well. Is there a way to do
this?

TIA,
Jon

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You would have to save the Excel as HTML to avoid this issue.

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[Murray]

You can use an excel file as a data source on the page, and then use
server-scripting to pull the data from the excel file and display it on the
page. Wouldn't that do what you want?

Be aware that using an XLS file as a data source is not very robust and is
definitely not scalable, so if you are expecting that page to have even
moderate traffic, you may need to seek other options.

 

[Guest]

Murray,
This sounds like exactly what I need to do. I have never set anything like
this up before. Can you direct me to so info on how to do this?

TIA,
Jon

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=268948

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| Murray,
| This sounds like exactly what I need to do. I have never set anything like
| this up before. Can you direct me to so info on how to do this?
|
| TIA,
| Jon
|
| "Murray" wrote:
|
| > You can use an excel file as a data source on the page, and then use
| > server-scripting to pull the data from the excel file and display it on the
| > page. Wouldn't that do what you want?
| >
| > Be aware that using an XLS file as a data source is not very robust and is
| > definitely not scalable, so if you are expecting that page to have even
| > moderate traffic, you may need to seek other options.
| >
| > --
| > Murray
| >
| > | > > Hi,
| > > I dabble with FP, and manage a small site. Currently, I
| > > have a link to an Excel file. The problem is that this
| > > link actually opens the file in Excel. What I would like
| > > to do is just display the information from the file. I
| > > know that I could convert it to HTML and display it that
| > > way, but this file is dynamic and changes a lot. Thus,
| > > whenthe Excel file gets changed, the data in the web link
| > > would need to be updated as well. Is there a way to do
| > > this?
| > >
| > > TIA,
| > > Jon
| >
| >
| >