Installing ActiveX for interactive Excel pages

[Normans]

I have some webpages which contain Office 2000 interactive Excel sheets. Users with the right Office Web Components (an Active X component) on their computer can read and use these.

For those who do not have these web components under Tools/options/general/web options-I can specify a location from which these will be installed for them when they open the page. This location needs to point to an MSOWC.CAB file.

The messages I get tell me that I cannot download from a http:// location-the path has to start file:// . I think this means I cannot just put the MSOWC.CAB file on a webpage and download from there?

Therefore, I have the MSOWC.CAB file. Where can I put it so that it can be installed when users open my pages?

Hope this makes sense.

[Normans]

I've edited this to try to make it clearer. I've had no replies as yet and I'm new to the board-have I posted it in right forum?

Any suggestions anywhere else i might find answer?

[royUK]

I don't think you can just install these owc controls like this. I would recommend that you avoid using controls that other users may not have, by allowing them to download you might even be contravening copy right.