Office Document open in browser

Question

Hi, I am trying to open an office document directly in the browser, but IE (V8) always open the modal dialog to open or save. I have tried differents ways and read almost every threads about this topic, some of the solutions that I tried are:
- Modify Header to inline:
response.setContentType ("application/msword" );
response.setHeader ("Content-Transfer-Encoding","7bit");
response.setHeader ("Content-Disposition","inline;filename=" + vo.getFileName());
This solution in many ways.
- Use Iframes:
"a target="myFrame" href="http://www.polityka-spoleczna.lubuskie.pl/pl/content/download/92/350/file/plik%20testowy1.doc">LINK DOC</a>
<iframe name="myFrame" >"
- Use ActiveX
function loadworddoc(){
doc = new ActiveXObject("Word.Application"); // creates the word object
doc.Visible=true; // display Word window
doc.Documents.Open("C:\\temp\\doc1.doc"); // specify path to document
I know that this topic has been treated in other posts but none of these has solved my problem, I dont know if is because de IE Version (8), I will appreciate if someone con help me with this issue.
It doesnt matter if the solution implies activex or some third party API free or commercial.

Answer 1

response.setHeader ("Content-Disposition","inline;filename=" + vo.getFileName()); This is the line that causes it to open in a browser.
The problem here is that you are using a link to a document...or it appears that way. I dont have any experience with a link to a direct document.
What I've always done is in the Java class I read the document into an object, then write that object to the ServletOutputStream.
So something like this:
1) Set Headers
2) Get word document into some sort of Java object
3) Write that object to the ServletOutputStream
My documents are mostly built on the fly, so hence I need an object anyhow. If you store your files in the database, you will need one too.
I personally would attack it the same way if my files were on the OS as I'd never want a direct link to a physical file. Rather I'd want a link to a page which opens a file.
Edited by: ForumKid2 on Oct 13, 2010 12:40 PM