How can I read an Excel File with JavaScript (without ActiveXObject)

Question

My friend asked me to make for a simple application to generate charts (bar, curves) from an Excel file. I opted to use JavaScript as a language since I know already the pow

Answer 1

i think without the use of ActiveX you cant read the excel file..I am not sayin that you cant read excel file file without ActiveX may be there is a way ,but i dont know that way so if you want to read using Activex then here is the code you can use for reading the excel file

it will run only in IE 9 and above ,and you have to activate activeX functionality from the settings ..