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Posted by Benjamin Niemann on 11/01/05 18:54
harry wrote:
> what's even spookier is I can open the file in IE using something like
>
> "F:\PROJECTS\Web\MyWeb\WebRoot\z.xls"
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> instead of HTTP
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> http://localhost:8001/MyWeb/z.xls
>
> & it opens & displays it perfectly -so just won't recognize it as a URL?
>
> please can anyone think of anything I can try?
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> thanks
>
> harry
>
> "harry" <a@abc.com> wrote in message
> news:A6M9f.142044$G8.64992@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> found out part of the problem, by saving the DOC file in a previous Word
>> format it works but Excel files still refuse to display in the excel
> inline
>> viewer - just shows the binary contents of the file!
>>
>> any ideas?
>>
>>
>> "harry" <a@abc.com> wrote in message
>> news:B5L9f.141991$G8.61533@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> > Using IE 5.5 (sp3) on win 2000 (sp4) with Office 2002 professional - no
>> > other browser is required i.e. Intranet app!
>> >
>> > I have the following HTML -
>> >
>> > <a target="_blank" href="http://localhost:8001/MyWeb/y.doc" >
>> > <img border="0" alt="Show page help" src="images/buttons/help.gif"
>> > style="cursor:hand">
>> > </a>
>> >
>> > I want the Word document to open in a new window with the Word Viewer
>> > showing the document formatted correctly however all it does is display
>> the
>> > DOC file as is i.e. gibberish.
>> >
>> > I know this can work as I've seen it on other systems whereby the DOC
>> > or
>> XLS
>> > file is displayed inline in the Browser window!
>> >
>> > I'm guessing this has something to do with the MIME type note being
>> > set?
>> but
>> > have no idea how to set it? is it in IE settings or what?
>> >
>> > Can anyone help? this has completely baffled me!
Is your webserver correctly configured to send the appropriate content-type
(application/x-something I think) for *.doc file?
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