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forcing Excel to open file

I have the following code at the top of my page. Is there a way to force
Excel to open the spreadsheet? Presently, it opens within the browser
window. I know it can be saved etc., but I would rather have Excel receive
the data.

<% Response.contenttype = "application/vnd.ms-excel" %>
<% Response.AddHeader "Content-Disposition", "filename=" &
Request.Form("FileName") & ".xls" %>

thanks
Jul 19 '05 #1
1 6236
This is a client side option. (Open in new window for the .xls file type),
but you can use this:

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2161

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I have the following code at the top of my page. Is there a way to force
Excel to open the spreadsheet? Presently, it opens within the browser
window. I know it can be saved etc., but I would rather have Excel receive
the data.

<% Response.contenttype = "application/vnd.ms-excel" %>
<% Response.AddHeader "Content-Disposition", "filename=" &
Request.Form("FileName") & ".xls" %>

thanks

Jul 19 '05 #2

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