Date: 05/23/06 (Asp Dot Net)    Keywords: browser, database, asp, microsoft

Ok here's the situation. I have an ASP.net app that gets a file from a database and then prompts the user to run, saveAs, or cancel the file. The code is:

Response.Buffer = True
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline;filename=" & ds.Tables(0).Rows(0).Item("reqJobDescName"))
Response.ContentType = "application / msword"
Response.BinaryWrite(myData)

The problem is that if you click on Run, the file opens up in another browser. I want it to be opened by the actual program. Therefore, I don't want this to "run" on another browser window that has Microsoft Word in it. I want Microsoft Word to open up the file directly. Is there any way to do this? I have to figure there is, although perhaps it can't be done in Response since that is all based on httpResponse. Thanks.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/aspdotnet/67367.html