- From: Tim Ellison <Tim_Ellison@uk.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 10:54:27 +0100
- To: WebDAV <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
Alan Kent <ajk@mds.rmit.edu.au> > > For an IE-specific solution you can use the FOLDER > > attribute of an href. > > > > The description is given here > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/behaviors/overview/WebFolder.asp > > Thanks for the link. From my reading of this, it seems I > can get IE to open up a folder. Yes. > Can I get it to immediately launch Word on a > particular document? Yes, see http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q178/2/22.asp > Or do I have to open the folder then ask the > user to double-click on the correct document in the folder? > > In case others are listening, I used the following HTML > > <A STYLE="behavior:url('#default#AnchorClick')" ID="sID" > HREF="http://localhost:4444/foo/myslides.ppt" > FOLDER="http://localhost:4444/foo/" > TARGET="_top"> > My Slides > </A> > > Clinking on 'My Slides' in IE5 brought up the directory > (inside IE) with the file in it. Double clicking on the > file in the web folder caused Power Point to load the > document via WebDAV, then save the changes back when I > was finished. Quite nice really, but not the user had > to click on the particular file in the folder - I cannot > get it to start power point directly on the myslides.ppt > file from a web page. The above link should do it. Note that the webfolders interaction is between the PowerPoint and the server (not IE). I had misinterpreted your intent. > Note: I tried changing the FOLDER="..." to ../foo/myslides.ppt > and IE just ignored the file name on the end (dropped it). > I then tried .../foo/myslides.ppt/ (OK, I am a hacker at heart). IE should just launch PowerPoint and pass it the .ppt URL. > IE said "Not enough memory to complete your operation." ??strange (ok that's enough of answering questions on Microsoft products :-) Regards, Tim Ellison Java Technology Centre, MP146 IBM UK Laboratory, Hursley Park, Winchester, UK. SO21 2JN tel: +44 (0)1962 819872 internal: 249872 MOBx: 270452
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