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user189

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 12:41 pm
Post subject: How to open files in the native application?
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I've a feeling this might be a simple one ... how can I make, say, Word or
Excel files that I hyperlink to, open in the appropriate application outside
of the browser? Is it something to do with the MIME types? I'm using W2K and
IIS5 and I have access to the server. Any help'd be appreciated...

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Rae MacLeman

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 12:49 pm
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"Rae MacLeman" <info.nospam RemoveThis @cobwebbery.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > I've a feeling this might be a simple one ... how can I make, say, Word or
 > Excel files that I hyperlink to, open in the appropriate application
outside
 > of the browser? Is it something to do with the MIME types? I'm using W2K
and
 > IIS5 and I have access to the server. Any help'd be appreciated...
 >

There are some office server extensions for that. Check out the MS
newsgroups at <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="news://msnews.microsoft.com/" target="_blank">news://msnews.microsoft.com/</a>

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 12:56 pm
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Rae MacLeman wrote:
 > I've a feeling this might be a simple one ... how can I make, say,
 > Word or Excel files that I hyperlink to, open in the appropriate
 > application outside of the browser? Is it something to do with the
 > MIME types? I'm using W2K and IIS5 and I have access to the server.
 > Any help'd be appreciated...

You can't force that. The best you can achieve is to provide instructions
with the link.

Unless it's been messed with your server is probably sending the correct
mime types already.

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 12:56 pm
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Thanks William - might there be a scripting solution using ShellExecute or
anything like that?

Regards
Rae MacLeman

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 > Rae MacLeman wrote:
  > > I've a feeling this might be a simple one ... how can I make, say,
  > > Word or Excel files that I hyperlink to, open in the appropriate
  > > application outside of the browser? Is it something to do with the
  > > MIME types? I'm using W2K and IIS5 and I have access to the server.
  > > Any help'd be appreciated...
 >
 > You can't force that. The best you can achieve is to provide instructions
 > with the link.
 >
 > Unless it's been messed with your server is probably sending the correct
 > mime types already.
 >
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 1:14 pm
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Rae MacLeman wrote:

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 > "William Tasso" <ngx RemoveThis @tbdata.com> wrote in message
 > news:bjc7e2$htdfc$1@ID-139074.news.uni-berlin.de...
  >> Rae MacLeman wrote:
   >>> I've a feeling this might be a simple one ... how can I make, say,
   >>> Word or Excel files that I hyperlink to, open in the appropriate
   >>> application outside of the browser? Is it something to do with the
   >>> MIME types? I'm using W2K and IIS5 and I have access to the server.
   >>> Any help'd be appreciated...
  >>
  >> You can't force that. The best you can achieve is to provide
  >> instructions with the link.
  >>
  >> Unless it's been messed with your server is probably sending the
  >> correct mime types already.
 >
 > Thanks William - might there be a scripting solution using
 > ShellExecute or anything like that?

Take a step back. What are you tring to achieve? Word/Excel file formats
are proprietry - is this really the best way to present your information?

If your visitor has these applications on their workstation they probably
already know how to work with them ;o)

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