Hi
This is sort of a wild guess, but I think that you can override the save
function with a VB-script in the excel file.
/Göran
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> Från: Andrew Hill [mailto:andrew.david.hill@gridnode.com]
> Skickat: den 15 april 2003 07:16
> Till: Struts
> Ämne: [OT] [m$ excel & ie] Upload downloaded excel document to struts
> app when users saves changes to it
>
>
> In IE, when a user downloads an excel file , IE will open up
> excel embedded
> inside the browser window with the downloaded file loaded up.
>
> The user can edit this file (good), but clicking save will save it back to
> somewhere in the temporary internet files directory (bad). I need
> to get the
> changed file back to my struts app (good luck).
>
> Currently we expect the user to 'save as' the file to somewhere they can
> actually find it again and then upload the file manually (with an <input
> type="file"... on another page).
>
> This however is highly counterintuitive (not to mention a
> nuisance) to your
> average user - especially when theres a whopping great save
> button they can
> click just like they would if they were editing one of their own files
> (which of course they technically are since its just a file in IE's temp
> folder).
>
> I have been commanded to find a way to make the process seamless and
> natural - such that clicking save will upload (or transmit somehow) the
> spreadsheet back to the server.
>
> Alas, my skills these days lie mostly with the purity of Java and the
> cleanliness of non-proprietary standards. Is there anyone out
> there who has
> micro$oft blood on their hands and can give me a clue...
>
> (This one only needs to work in IE - Mozillarites will have to stick with
> the way we are doing it now I guess)
>
>
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