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by dmartin

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I saved a copy of an existing excel file to create another copy. I then placed the new file on my ftp site. The file will not open or it wants to go straight to download, instead of giving me an option of opening. I did not change any of permissions on the ftp site or on the excel file. Does anyone know what might have happened to the file?

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by thumbsup2

How are you accessing the file?

If you're trying to open it using the FTP client, that won't work.

If you're using the browser to navigate to the FTP site and clicking on the file, that won't work. FTP protocol will allow you to download, not open files.

by jellimonsta

The purpose of FTP is for file transfer. The system is working exactly as designed. If you want to make the file available to another external party for download, you would use FTP (or preferably SFTP). When you (or another party) click the file located on the FTP site it will prompt to download the file.
If this file needs to be shared on a local LAN I would recommend you use simple Windows file shares on either your domain or workgroup environment.

by tintoman

that inpricipal you cannot open a file from its original location via an ftp client, therefore it makes sense that if you try to do so it will be downloaded to your computer before it will open

by older mycroft

I think you'll find the answer is NO.

[b]F[/b]ile [b]T[/b]ransfer [b]P[/b]rotocol does exactly what it says on the tin.

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