Hi friends,
I have some excel files on the server that i would like to be opened by the website users.
So i have echo out an anchor tag with a link to my files, but when the user clicks on the link, the file opens as an excel sheet in Internet Explorer...
How can i make it open in Excel ?
thanks for your help !!!
problem with xls files located on the server to download
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It is very strange in fact, on some PC when i click on the link, the download prompt appears : i have the possibilty to either save the file or open it (in IE) and on some pc the xls file opens directly in IE without prompting for save or open.
Same kind of strange thing with a backup .txt file i have created (with content-type header) : on some pc it opens in the notepad and on others it opens in IE.
Is it a matter of Windows setting ???
Same kind of strange thing with a backup .txt file i have created (with content-type header) : on some pc it opens in the notepad and on others it opens in IE.
Is it a matter of Windows setting ???