Publishing Excel files with FrontPage 2000

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Carl Lanore

I have posted an Excel report on my website that I want
others to be able to open, edit and safe the changes.
Anytime I try to save changes made to the report, it tells
me I can't as the file was opened as a Read-Only. How can
I change this to allow others to edit the file?

Thanks in advance.
Carl
 
You can't. You can not open a file on the web and then save it back to the
web, this would be a big security risk, as well as the fact user would be
overwriting each others changes. You will need to be hosted on a Windows IIS
server, and then use ASP and Access to accomplish. Excel file format is for
a single user and Access file format supports multi-users. On the internet
you are only working with the file formats, not the actual applications.

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, Forums, WebCircle,
MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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And use the Excel sheet as a database
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=268948

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| You can't. You can not open a file on the web and then save it back to the
| web, this would be a big security risk, as well as the fact user would be
| overwriting each others changes. You will need to be hosted on a Windows IIS
| server, and then use ASP and Access to accomplish. Excel file format is for
| a single user and Access file format supports multi-users. On the internet
| you are only working with the file formats, not the actual applications.
|
| --
|
| ==============================================
| Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
|
| FrontPage Resources, Forums, WebCircle,
| MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| ==============================================
| To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
|
| | > I have posted an Excel report on my website that I want
| > others to be able to open, edit and safe the changes.
| > Anytime I try to save changes made to the report, it tells
| > me I can't as the file was opened as a Read-Only. How can
| > I change this to allow others to edit the file?
| >
| > Thanks in advance.
| > Carl
|
|
 
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