Re: FN-FORUM MS Excel used on a Web page

date posted 24th January 2001 22:26

Yes if they are using Excel 2000, Office web components and IE 4.01 or
later. (it's XML really) See Excel Help. There are different levels of
interactivity. Better for intranets. There's also an ODBC driver.

Kathy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Pinchbeck" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: 24 January 2001 15:51
Subject: FN-FORUM MS Excel used on a Web page


> Hi,
> I have a client who has asked whether it's possible to use Excel 2000
on the
> web.
> He has 3 clients who operate in different parts of the country and
would
> like to use the internet to maintain a spreadsheet. It would have to
> therefore have ODBC, but does anyone know of any limitations,
experience or
> pitfalls using Excel like this.
> Would the user be able to amend the spreadsheet and save it back to
the
> server? And if all three users were connected at once would there be
any
> problems? I had thought of including a chat facility on the web page
to aid
> in communication between each user.
> The only experience I've had in the past using Office products and
ODBC is
> setting up a DSN for Access for a small database online. So I wouldn't
know
> if using Excel in this way would work.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Regards
> Steve
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