XL97: Hyperlink Does Not Work or Open in Separate Window

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.

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.

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1). This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Excel 2000.

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

For more information about opening HTML documents, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 97 Help, type the following text and then double-click the selected text to go to the "About Microsoft Excel and the Internet" topic.