It should be in the same state as when the file was saved.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"John Jones" <john.jones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> From ASP.NET I set Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel" then
> Response.Write (some_excel_data). Excel opens in a new IE window. Is
there
> some way for AutoFilter to automatically default "on" first thing when
excel
> opens?