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I have an internal asp.net 2.0 web application where we display the contents of various files using Response.ContentType and Response.WriteFile() settings and it works great for .doc, .xls, etc. files. Now the users want to be able to open them in their native programs (Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.). I have done this with ActiveX before, but the company has moved to Office 2007 and I'm not sure the same process will work for the new docx, xlsx, etc. files. Can anyone give me some ideas on the best way to handle this? All users have Microsoft Office. Thanks. David You should add Content-Disposition to the header. Like this Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="file.pdf" So in C# code it's Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=\"file.pdf\""); And then do Response.WriteFile Browser will be forced (thanks to "attachment" word) to pop up a window offering to save file or open it in application. George. >I have an internal asp.net 2.0 web application where we display the >contents of various files using Response.ContentType and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > David George, Thank you for that info. However, it still does not open in the native program (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, etc.). It opens it in the browser where it cannot be edited. David > You should add Content-Disposition to the header. > Like this Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="file.pdf" [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> >> David Show me the code..... PS: There was a bug in IE 5.01 and it ignored the "attachment" .... But I hope it's not the case here. Since we already have IE 7. George. > George, > Thank you for that info. However, it still does not open in the native [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >>> >>> David Nevermind. The problem was that I did not need "\" before and after filename as I am using VB. When I took them off, it appears to work fine. Thanks. David > Show me the code..... > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >>>> >>>> David George, I did find a problem. Office 2007 opens a document from a previous version of Office with a different name (e.g. it adds [1] to the name). For example, if I open test.doc on a machine with office 2007 it opens it as test[1].doc in a temporary directory. When it opens a file like test.docx it opens the original. Is there any way to handle this? Thanks. David > Show me the code..... > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >>>> >>>> David Doubt that you can do anything here... this is how Open/Save dialog works..... If you choose "Save" then you can save it with the name you specified in your "Content-Disposition" header. If you choose "Open" IE will actually save the file into "TEMP" folder and then open application (as if you double clicked on file). But if file with that name already exists IE quietly appends [1] (or [2],...) to the name. I do not know how to change that behavior andf most likely you can not.... George. > George, > I did find a problem. Office 2007 opens a document from a previous [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >>>>> >>>>> David I think if you set the content-disposition to inline and the content-type to the proper mime type and then stream it down with Response.WriteFile or BinaryWrite it will open automatically on it's application when you click the link on a webpage. As for using ActiveX, the process would be the same for any type of file since you're just embedding the application on the webpage and letting it do the rest. >I have an internal asp.net 2.0 web application where we display the >contents of various files using Response.ContentType and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > David Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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