Opening excel from apex

i have a DML program that creates a report as a text file when a button is clicked and saves it onto a shared directory.i need to open this file in excel once it is created. the apex is used for a front end that allows user to select parameters to the program.
is there a way of opening these files in excel via apaex. or rather can you open an excel instance from apex that will open a file sitting on any location

If you store your files as a .csv file, you will be able to download those and open them
directly in excel. See this thread for a how to on opening BFILE:
Storing documents in FILE SYSTEM not in BLOB
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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!
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