Edit excel documents with Microsoft excel

[mesa2e]

When I edit an spreadsheet, Alfresco open the document through Internet Explorer. I'd need it was opened through Microsoft Excel Application. How can I do it?

I tried commenting the following code in /WEB-INF/lib/web.xml, but it didn't work.
    <!–<mime-mapping>
        <extension>xls</extension>
        <mime-type>application/vnd.ms-excel</mime-type>
    </mime-mapping>–>

Thanks in advance!

[pmonks]

This is browser behaviour that Alfresco has very little control over, beyond ensuring that the file is streamed to the browser with the correct MIME type (which is the case for Excel - that's the setting you commented out in the web.xml file).

All I can suggest is to check your browser settings and make sure your browser is configured to open files with MIME type "application/vnd.ms-excel" with the Excel desktop application, or at the very least to prompt you and ask what you'd like to do with the file.

Cheers,
Peter

[jglezar]

This is an issue with Windows. You need to edit the way Windows opens Excel fiels within Explorer. to accomplish this you must open any folder in Windows, then go to Tools/folder options/file types. Under file types you must find XLS and click in the Advanced button.There is an option taht says "Browse in same Window". Uncheck it. This should do the trick.

Javier Gonzalez de Aragon