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Hi All,

I just want to open excel file before reading the uploaded excel file, i am using xlsx.read javascript API to read uploaded excel file, before that i need to open the file because the file is being password protected, i have shared the both concepts read excel file and open excel file can anyone please let me know how to open the using xlsx.read

What I have tried:

Excel Reader using Javascript:
JavaScript
<div id="ExcelTable"></div>



    function UploadProcess() {
        //Reference the FileUpload element.
        var fileUpload = document.getElementById("fileUpload");				
        //Validate whether File is valid Excel file.
        var regex = /^([a-zA-Z0-9\s_\\.\-:])+(.xls|.xlsx)$/;
        if (regex.test(fileUpload.value.toLowerCase())) {
            if (typeof (FileReader) != "undefined") {
                var reader = new FileReader();
 
                //For Browsers other than IE.
                if (reader.readAsBinaryString) {
                    reader.onload = function (e) {
                        GetTableFromExcel(e.target.result);
                    };
                    reader.readAsBinaryString(fileUpload.files[0]);
                } else {
                    //For IE Browser.
                    reader.onload = function (e) {
                        var data = "";
                        var bytes = new Uint8Array(e.target.result);
                        for (var i = 0; i < bytes.byteLength; i++) {
                            data += String.fromCharCode(bytes[i]);
                        }
                        GetTableFromExcel(data);
                    };
                    reader.readAsArrayBuffer(fileUpload.files[0]);
                }
            } else {
                alert("This browser does not support HTML5.");
            }
        } else {
            alert("Please upload a valid Excel file.");
        }
    };
    function GetTableFromExcel(data) {
        //Read the Excel File data in binary
        var workbook = XLSX.read(data, {
            type: 'binary'
		});		
        //get the name of First Sheet.
        var Sheet = workbook.SheetNames[0];
        //Read all rows from First Sheet into an JSON array.
        var excelRows = XLSX.utils.sheet_to_row_object_array(workbook.Sheets[Sheet]);
 
        //Create a HTML Table element.
        var myTable  = document.createElement("table");
        myTable.border = "1";
 
        //Add the header row.
        var row = myTable.insertRow(-1);
 
        //Add the header cells.
        var headerCell = document.createElement("TH");
        headerCell.innerHTML = "Id";
        row.appendChild(headerCell);
 
        headerCell = document.createElement("TH");
        headerCell.innerHTML = "Name";
        row.appendChild(headerCell);
 
        headerCell = document.createElement("TH");
        headerCell.innerHTML = "Country";
        row.appendChild(headerCell);
        
        headerCell = document.createElement("TH");
        headerCell.innerHTML = "Age";
        row.appendChild(headerCell);
        
        headerCell = document.createElement("TH");
        headerCell.innerHTML = "Date";
        row.appendChild(headerCell);
         
         headerCell = document.createElement("TH");
        headerCell.innerHTML = "Gender";
        row.appendChild(headerCell);
 
 
        //Add the data rows from Excel file.
        for (var i = 0; i < excelRows.length; i++) {
            //Add the data row.
            var row = myTable.insertRow(-1);
 
            //Add the data cells.
            var cell = row.insertCell(-1);
            cell.innerHTML = excelRows[i].Id;
 
            cell = row.insertCell(-1);
            cell.innerHTML = excelRows[i].Name;
 
            cell = row.insertCell(-1);
            cell.innerHTML = excelRows[i].Country;
            
            cell = row.insertCell(-1);
            cell.innerHTML = excelRows[i].Age;
            
            cell = row.insertCell(-1);
            cell.innerHTML = excelRows[i].Date;
            
            cell = row.insertCell(-1);
            cell.innerHTML = excelRows[i].Gender;
			
			alert(row);
        }
        
 
        var ExcelTable = document.getElementById("ExcelTable");
        ExcelTable.innerHTML = "";
        ExcelTable.appendChild(myTable);
    };
Open or Download Excel File using Javascript:
JavaScript
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    request.open("GET", "C:\Users\user\Downloads\test.xlsx");       
    request.responseType = "blob";
    request.onload = function() {
      // set `blob` `type` to `"text/html"`
      var blob = new Blob([this.response], {type:"text/html"});
      var url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
      var w = window.open(url);
    }
    request.send();
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Updated 17-May-21 2:11am
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