open excel from java

[sonia arora]

I am developing a small application in java.
i want to know how can i open a excel sheet on click of a button.
i have downloaded jxl and jexcelapi but do not know how to use them.
where to place those downloads because there is no .exe file.
i have read the tutorial about how to read and write but how to make the .jar file work.
please can any one help. please.

[Martijn Verburg]

Are you developing a stand alone java app or a web app?

[sonia arora]

Stand alone

[Martijn Verburg]

OK and are you wanting to open up the spreadsheet in the Excel installed on the PC or as a sheet loaded through one of the JARs you mentioned?

[sonia arora]

Excel installed in PC

[Martijn Verburg]

OK, I'm not sure this is the best way to deal with this but you can simply use the Run and Process classes to call Excel.exe and pass it the file name to open.