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How to use client side script to read excel file

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I want to write a html page and use javascript to load a excel file, is it possible?
Nov 16 '07 #1
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Nope. Javascript does not have (and it shuld not) have access to any resources out of browser's scope. Yes you can read common files by using ActiveX object, but it's IE only and you can not use it in common web application (due to security restrictions). Sorry ...
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