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Asked: 2026-05-17T19:55:03+00:00

When I open an Excel file stored on Sharepoint, I have the option to

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When I open an Excel file stored on Sharepoint, I have the option to open it Read Only or in Edit mode. If I open it Read Only, Excel opens up and I see “Server Workbook To modify this workbook, click Edit Workbook”. I need to retrieve this Excel file through an ASP.NET application, yet still have this Server Workbook functionality.

In fiddler, I see that when opening up in Sharepoint, a POST is made to SharepointSite/_vti_bin/_vti_aut/author.dll with method=getdocument as one of the parameters sent and the filename as another.

Do I need to repeat that POST via an ajax call or is there an easier way (as I suspect there is)?

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  1. Editorial Team

    After reviewing this post and finding that he just followed the javascript and called function editDocumentWithProgID2, I did almost that very thing. I just switched from that function to the ViewDoc javascript function.

    <a onclick="javascript: ViewDoc('http://mysite/myfile.xlsx', 'SharePoint.OpenDocuments');"...

    This required that I add the link to the Sharepoint javascript file Core.js on my page:

    <script src='http://mysite/_layouts/1033/core.js' type="text/javascript"
        language="javascript"></script>

    Now after clicking the link, the spreadsheet pops up and has the “Server Workbook” with the “Edit Workbook” button

    I wouldn’t really recommend anyone copy it, since it is pretty brittle and will break if/when we upgrade to Sharepoint 2010, and that it couples the ASP.NET and Sharepoint sites. It does the job that we need it for right now, however.

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