<html>
<head>
<TITLE> New Document </TITLE>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script>
function ReadExcel()
{
var tempStr = "";
var filePath= document.all.upfile.value;
var oXL = new ActiveXObject("Excel.application");
var oWB = oXL.Workbooks.open(filePath);
oWB.worksheets(1).select();
var oSheet = oWB.ActiveSheet;
try{
for(var i=2;i<46;i++)
{
if(oSheet.Cells(i,2).value =="null" || oSheet.Cells(i,3).value =="null" )
break;
var a = oSheet.Cells(i,2).value.toString()=="undefined"?"":oSheet.Cells(i,2).value;
tempStr+=(" "+oSheet.Cells(i,2).value+
" "+oSheet.Cells(i,3).value+
" "+oSheet.Cells(i,4).value+
" "+oSheet.Cells(i,5).value+
" "+oSheet.Cells(i,6).value+"\n");
}
}catch(e)
{
document.all.txtArea.value = tempStr;
}
document.all.txtArea.value = tempStr;
oXL.Quit();
CollectGarbage();
}
</script>
</head>
<input type="file" id="upfile" /><input type="button" onclick="ReadExcel();" value="read">
<br>
<textarea id="txtArea" cols=50 rows=10></textarea>
</html>
原理是利用了IE关于Excel的ActiveX插件，所以此功能只支持IE系列浏览器
ActiveX是微软开发的 只支持IE内核浏览器 非IE内核的需要通过插件去调用ActiveX
原文：http://www.cnblogs.com/zhangxiaomo/p/5052208.html