Hyperlink to .WAV file not working consistently
 

I send out Excel reports in a Reporting Services subscription that
contain a hyperlink embedded in one cell. When clicked, it calls a
..wav file on my webserver corresponding to the url. The webserver is
setup for anonymous access and this solution works fine for me and
several other users. (we click the link and our default .wav player
plays the correct file.)

For others, nothing happens when they click the hyperlink.
However, on their machines, I can copy the hyperlink from Excel into IE
and the .wav file plays as expected on their boxes.

Any ideas as to why the same link works in the IE browser on these
boxes but not from Excel, while it works fine from Excel on other
machines? (I assume this is an Excel issue and not Reporting Services
since the link works correctly in IE for all and correctly in Excel for
some users. )

Thanks,

Stewart Whaley
Systems Development Group
Arkansas Children's Hospital

First thing I would check is whether there are any differences in the
Excel versions or in the file association details for .WAV files
between the systems that work and those that don't

Bill Manville
MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England
No email replies please - respond to newsgroup

All users are running Excel 2003, but it is possible some have/haven't
downloaded the latest updates.
The link works fine on my Excel 2003 installation and the original box
I found the problem on is Excel 2K3 too, but I haven't delved deeper
than that.
Yesterday the desktop support guys checked it out and say the .wav
associations on the box are okay, so maybe a difference in Office
patches is the problem.

Thanks,
Stewart