[codejnki]

One of our VP's has asked if he is able to open and view an Excel file using his BlackBerry.

We are using a BES 4 server and by using the BlackBerry browser I am able to open up our SharePoint site using my login credentials, but when I try to open up the file the device gives an error message stating:

"HTTP Error 406: Not Acceptable. The page you are trying to load is not supported by the browser. Please try loading a different page."

"200: Application can not accept the content [application/vnd.ms-excel]"

Since we can view excel files when they are attached to an e-mail, can we some how configure the BES server to realize it needs to view the excel file first and then pass it on to the device?

Thanks

[Logvin]

As long as you have the attachment server set up, you should be able to view excel files from either an internal web server, or in e-mail attachments.

Sharepoint is a different beast though. If I remember correctly, when you click on a link in sharepoint, it wont open it in the browser in IE, it downloads a temp xls file to your system and opens it. I dont think this will fly w/ BES.

I do believe you can publish the XLS to a webserver and have the BB's navigate it through there though.