Getting error on opening excel file from eclipse

Question

I am getting following error on

Cannot create the in-place editor

This is probably because there is no OLE editor registered against the type of file you were trying to open. Failed to create Ole Client. result = -2147417851

I have MS office 2007,and the excel file is stored as "save as 2003 version".

Solution

I'm using 3.5 so things could be different. Window->Preferences->General->Editors->File Associations.

Add *.xls and add Associated Editor (from this window you can select external programs to open with)

I think you should be able to open the excel file inside and eclipse editor, but it looks like the OLE is not working on your system for some reason.

Comments

[Ravisha]

Still getting the same errror. It tries to open in excel and in the eclipse tab

[djangofan]

I tried and although my co-worker can open excel files in a Eclipse tab, mine open externally in Excel. This answer is incomplete as it doesn't cover why Excel doesn't show up as a internal editor when setting file associations for .csv and .xls.

[MasterJoe]

Try my answer here stackoverflow.com/questions/54205617/…