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Sorry for a duplicate post but no replies on the one from last year, not sure if it will reach people's feeds as it's so old. I don't really mind whether I use Ajax or IE Plugin for this, but need to use both features combined!
Ajax vs IE Plugin - parameterised URLs with Excel launch actions
I want to parameterise my URLs so I need to use Ajax for that (selections and bookmarks can't be passed into the URL using the plugin). But then I have buttons I want to work that open up specific (variable) files in Excel. When clicked in Ajax, these buttons just open http://servername/QvAJAXZfc/EXCEL.EXE rather than the application path I've specified also with parameters (like below).
The buttons themselves work well in IE Plugin or the desktop client - so I think I've set up the application/directory/parameters etc OK. But not in Ajax.
An example URL (which works in Ajax but not in IE Plugin):
