it looks you should try data(menu)-getexternaldata-newwebquery

fill in the url address and the no. of the table (in windows 98/excel 2000)
or go to the particular table if it is xp/excel 2002 and clcik import.



"John Boggins" <jbogins@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi guys,
> I have a situation (not a problem!), When visiting a web page that has
> an excel spreadsheet available for download I am prompted with the
> usual open/save dialog box after clicking the link to download it.
>
> If i choose open the document is opened embedded into internet
> explorer, I would prefer to just open this document with excel
> directly, Is there a setting or registry entry I can add to make this
> possiable ??
>
> I have looked all over but cannot find a solution!
>
> Thanks in advance.
>