I think that you can t do that with a regular browser. In normal case the browser wont let u access to local file system. You will to use a plug in like flash.
2011/4/25 Thomas <[email protected]> > Hi at all, > > I have a FlexTable showing contents of excel files lying on the local > windows filesystem. There should be a trigger in each row which opens > the excel file with excel. > > I tried: > 1) Html Cell Widget: <a href="file://D:/excels/ > sun_is_shining.xls">test</a> > 2) Anchor Cell Widget with href "file://D:/excels/sun_is_shining.xls" > 3) Button Cell Widget which does a Window.open("file://D:/excels/ > sun_is_shining.xls", "_blank", "") > > The behaviour depends on the browser: > - IE 8: file download window appears > - Firefox, Chrome nothing happen or in case of Window.open empty > window is showing > > Is it even possible to trigger an excel file opening with excel? How > can i realize this? > > Thanks in advance, > Best Regards, > Thomas. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > -- GWT API for non Java based platforms http://code.google.com/p/gwt4air/ http://www.gwt4air.appspot.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
