Hi Caren Sorry for the late reply.
I think the problem here is that only IE is capable of displaying Excel spreadsheets within the browser (it has plugins and ActiveX components to enable it to do that). Firefox and Chrome can't view Excel files directly and so instead prompt you to download the file so that you can open it in Excel on the desktop. So I think the solution is to use IE - not a recommendation you'll hear very often! Best wishes Jeremy On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Caren Shiozaki <[email protected]>wrote: > My Wiki is resident on an external hard drive, and therefore I do not > have to specify a drive. I am creating it using Chrome. > > > > I have 2 files in a folder called "Para 62": "John Status.pdf" and > "Sales List.xls" > > > > The syntax that I use to link the pdf file is as follows: > > <a href="Para 62\John Status.pdf"target="_blank">John's status report for > June</a> > > > > The link appears as: > > John's status report for June > > And when you click on it, the pdf automatically opens in a new tab. All > good. > > > > Now, when I use this same syntax for the Excel file: > > <a href="Para 62\Sales List.xls"target="_blank">List of Sales </a> > > > > I see: > > List of Sales > > > > But when you click on it, the "Save As" screen appears....asking the viewer > where to save the file "Sales List.xls" > > If I remove the [ target="_blank" ] phrase, you still see the link. > Clicking on it asks you if you want to leave the Wiki page. If you say yes > - it takes you to the same "Save As" screen. > > > > Note: in Wiki Classic , I used this syntax: [[List of Sales|.\Para > 62\Sales List.xls]]. I was able to launch the Excel file successfully > (but the Wiki was opened was using IE). > > > > What am I doing wrong in TW5? Note: the user requires that this Wiki must > be able to operate within IE and Chrome. > > > > Thank you... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
