XL97: Hyperlink Does Not Work or Open in Separate Window

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you have a hyperlink in an HTML document that links to a Microsoft Excel workbook, the hyperlink may fail to work, or if it does work, your workbook may be opened in a separate window instead of within your browser.

CAUSE

You may experience the above behavior if you do the following:

• Click a hyperlink in an HTML document that opens a Microsoft Excel workbook within the browser window.

  -and-

• Click the Back button in your browser to return to the HTML document with the hyperlink.

  -and-

• Click the hyperlink again to display your workbook.

STATUS

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1).

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q156264
   TITLE     : XL97: Document Disappears After Clicking Hyperlink

   ARTICLE-ID: Q162692
   TITLE     : Unexpected Error Following Hyperlink

REFERENCES

For more information about opening HTML documents, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 97 Help, type the following text

   opening files, on internet