Web Excel

[chris]

When clicking on an Excel link in IE it immediately opens
Excel and not the Open/Save dialog box. Any ideas why?
Dialog box works on local net but not from internet. Could
it be a firewall issue? If so what ports is it using?

Thanks

 

[Dave Peterson]

There's a setting in Windows that you can change. (I use win98, so it might
slightly be different for you.)

In win98, I can do this:
Start Windows Explorer
View|Folder Options
File Types Tab
scroll down to MS Excel Worksheet
Select it
click the edit button
There's an option to "browse in same window". Uncheck it.

That's where you can toggle the "confirm open after download", too.

How to Configure Internet Explorer to Open Office
Documents in the Appropriate Office Program Instead of in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=162059

Might help you set it up the way you want.