Excel file not opening in webbrowser control

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Hi,
I want to open / Embed a excel file in a Window Form for preview. I have used WebBrowser control and using method

C#

webBrowser1.Navigate(filename,false);

This opens the excel file in a new excel window but i want it to be open within that webform control.
office version - Office 2013 x86
interop version - x86

Please help me out.

What I have tried:

tried changing the CPU from "AnyCPU" to "x86" also. But that didnt worked. Still excel opens as a new excel window. Tried both xls and xlsx formats.

Posted 23-Feb-16 18:54pm

ashishnagvanshi

Updated 23-Feb-16 20:32pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Feb-16 1:09am

What makes you thinking that an Excel file (having nothing to do with W3 standards) can be opened in a browser or a browser control? :-)
—SA

amagitech 24-Feb-16 2:41am

I think it try that http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/15760/How-to-Integrate-Excel-in-a-Windows-Form-Applicati

ashishnagvanshi 24-Feb-16 3:45am

Yes Muharrem i am referring to same post. But it is not working out. Excel file is not opening in that windows forms frame. tried office object library 10,12,14,15 but no help.

ashishnagvanshi 24-Feb-16 3:42am

Dear Sergey,
thanx for the rply, I am opening the Excel file in a Windows Form Project not in Web Project. And it is possible. Please check the below link..
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/15760/How-to-Integrate-Excel-in-a-Windows-Form-Applicati

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Feb-16 8:24am

What's the difference, a Web project or not? It's about server side and the whole concept of "project" is totally unrelated to the topic. You are talking about client behavior. And Excel has nothing to do with W3. What you open on a Form Project, what's possible and how is also unrelated. You are asking about Web Browser control; and this is the end of it.
—SA

ashishnagvanshi 24-Feb-16 12:31pm

Dear SA. Can u please check the below link and then tell me the solution.

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/15760/How-to-Integrate-Excel-in-a-Windows-Form-Applicati

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Feb-16 23:38pm

Well, why asking me about it? write to the author of that article. You can add a comment to the Comments and Discussion section...
—SA

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter · Answer 1 · 2016-02-23T20:32:00

Solution 1

The browser control of .NET actually uses IE and it's settings...
The way a document to be opened decided by the end user (with some defaults), so you can not force a way to embed or not a document...

Posted 23-Feb-16 20:32pm

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter