hello,

i want to run particular excel file in the background when a hyperlink is clicked.

what i tried is:

1) directly given link to href:

2) tried from batch, when i double click the batch file excel workbook starts but when i trigger that batch file from php page it dosent run the excel file.

3)tried from vbs same problem occurs as with the batch file.

please help me regarding the problem so i can start the workbook on the backgroung as the hyperlink is clicked.

• Moved by Bill_Stewart 20 hours 44 minutes ago Move to more appropriate forum

I think you are posting in the wrong forum. This is a scripting forum.  It is not an end user support forum.  We do not accept issues related to public web sites or to users trying to run programs from web sites.  Please contact you ISP or the webmaster for your site for assistance. 

For Excel issues you will need to contact the Excel forum or call MS support.

You cannot run Excel or any other application from a webpage.

Hi,

    

Include the full path, in your batch file, when calling the Excel workbook.

     e.g.   "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Excel.exe" C:\Temp\MyWorkbook.xlsx

    

Hope that helps.

    

Cheers,