Open Word document through Iframe

[Peter]

I have the following code which is executed from a modal web page - it works
fine on most, but on some computers the Word loads into memory but never
displays. This occurs with IE6 and IE7, but always works on FireFox.
When I close the modal web page Word disappears from Memory.

I don't know where the problem is, my code, IE setup or intranet security, I
also do not know where and for what to look for - I've tried Google but I
don't know what to look for so I am getting millions of hits.

I any ideas will be appreciated.

(I get same results with Excel as with Word)

string officeDocScript = "<div>"
+ "<iframe width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" + filePath +
"\">"
+ "<frame width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" + filePath +
"\">"
+ "<embed src=\"" + filePath + "\">"
+ "</iframe></div>";

[S.M. Altaf [MVP]]

What do you mean by "loads into memory but never displays"? Are you getting
a download prompt on some machines instead of the .doc file being displayed?

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"Peter" <cz****@nospam. nospamwrote in message
news:e0******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP06.phx.gbl...

I have the following code which is executed from a modal web page - it
works fine on most, but on some computers the Word loads into memory but
never displays. This occurs with IE6 and IE7, but always works on FireFox.
When I close the modal web page Word disappears from Memory.

I don't know where the problem is, my code, IE setup or intranet security,
I also do not know where and for what to look for - I've tried Google but
I don't know what to look for so I am getting millions of hits.

I any ideas will be appreciated.

(I get same results with Excel as with Word)

string officeDocScript = "<div>"
+ "<iframe width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" + filePath
+ "\">"
+ "<frame width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" + filePath
+ "\">"
+ "<embed src=\"" + filePath + "\">"
+ "</iframe></div>";

[Peter]

I get "Open", "Save","Can cel" dialog box

and if I click on "Open" the prompt just disappears and the document does
not display. If I look at the task manger the WINWORD.EXE is one of the
processes. If I close the webpage WINDWORD disaplears from the processes.

"S.M. Altaf [MVP]" <sm*****@mNOSPA Msn.comwrote in message
news:C2******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

What do you mean by "loads into memory but never displays"? Are you
getting a download prompt on some machines instead of the .doc file being
displayed?

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S.M. Altaf [MVP]
http://www.mendhak.com/
"Peter" <cz****@nospam. nospamwrote in message
news:e0******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP06.phx.gbl...

>I have the following code which is executed from a modal web page - it
works fine on most, but on some computers the Word loads into memory but
never displays. This occurs with IE6 and IE7, but always works on
FireFox.
When I close the modal web page Word disappears from Memory.

I don't know where the problem is, my code, IE setup or intranet
security, I also do not know where and for what to look for - I've tried
Google but I don't know what to look for so I am getting millions of
hits.

I any ideas will be appreciated.

(I get same results with Excel as with Word)

string officeDocScript = "<div>"
+ "<iframe width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" +
filePath + "\">"
+ "<frame width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" + filePath
+ "\">"
+ "<embed src=\"" + filePath + "\">"
+ "</iframe></div>";

[S.M. Altaf [MVP]]

The file is getting to your machine just fine. It's how your browsers are
handling it that's your problem. Some browsers/machines may be configured
to use the MS Word plugin to display the DOC file and some aren't. Those
that aren't will obviously (and helpfully) prompt the user to
save/open/cancel.

Go to file types in Windows Explorer, DOC, Advanced. You should see the
advanced edit file type dialog box, there should be a checkbox there that
says "Display file in same window" or something similar. That should get
your DOC files displaying within the browser.

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S.M. Altaf [MVP]
http://www.mendhak.com/
"Peter" <cz****@nospam. nospamwrote in message
news:OT******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...

I get "Open", "Save","Can cel" dialog box

and if I click on "Open" the prompt just disappears and the document does
not display. If I look at the task manger the WINWORD.EXE is one of the
processes. If I close the webpage WINDWORD disaplears from the processes.

"S.M. Altaf [MVP]" <sm*****@mNOSPA Msn.comwrote in message
news:C2******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

>What do you mean by "loads into memory but never displays"? Are you
getting a download prompt on some machines instead of the .doc file being
displayed?

--
---------------------------------------------------
S.M. Altaf [MVP]
http://www.mendhak.com/
"Peter" <cz****@nospam. nospamwrote in message
news:e0******* *******@TK2MSFT NGP06.phx.gbl.. .

>>I have the following code which is executed from a modal web page - it
works fine on most, but on some computers the Word loads into memory but
never displays. This occurs with IE6 and IE7, but always works on
FireFox.
When I close the modal web page Word disappears from Memory.

I don't know where the problem is, my code, IE setup or intranet
security, I also do not know where and for what to look for - I've tried
Google but I don't know what to look for so I am getting millions of
hits.

I any ideas will be appreciated.

(I get same results with Excel as with Word)

string officeDocScript = "<div>"
+ "<iframe width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" +
filePath + "\">"
+ "<frame width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" +
filePath + "\">"
+ "<embed src=\"" + filePath + "\">"
+ "</iframe></div>";

[Peter]

Actualy the documents are RTF format, but registerd to Word.
When I look at the Advanced properties the "Brows in the same window" is
disabled. It's disabled on the system that does not work and it's disabled
on the system that works.

"S.M. Altaf [MVP]" <sm*****@mNOSPA Msn.comwrote in message
news:CC******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

The file is getting to your machine just fine. It's how your browsers are
handling it that's your problem. Some browsers/machines may be configured
to use the MS Word plugin to display the DOC file and some aren't. Those
that aren't will obviously (and helpfully) prompt the user to
save/open/cancel.

Go to file types in Windows Explorer, DOC, Advanced. You should see the
advanced edit file type dialog box, there should be a checkbox there that
says "Display file in same window" or something similar. That should get
your DOC files displaying within the browser.

--
---------------------------------------------------
S.M. Altaf [MVP]
http://www.mendhak.com/
"Peter" <cz****@nospam. nospamwrote in message
news:OT******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...

>I get "Open", "Save","Can cel" dialog box

and if I click on "Open" the prompt just disappears and the document does
not display. If I look at the task manger the WINWORD.EXE is one of the
processes. If I close the webpage WINDWORD disaplears from the
processes.

"S.M. Altaf [MVP]" <sm*****@mNOSPA Msn.comwrote in message
news:C2******* *************** ************@mi crosoft.com...

>>What do you mean by "loads into memory but never displays"? Are you
getting a download prompt on some machines instead of the .doc file
being displayed?

--
---------------------------------------------------
S.M. Altaf [MVP]
http://www.mendhak.com/
"Peter" <cz****@nospam. nospamwrote in message
news:e0****** ********@TK2MSF TNGP06.phx.gbl. ..
I have the following code which is executed from a modal web page - it
works fine on most, but on some computers the Word loads into memory
but never displays. This occurs with IE6 and IE7, but always works on
FireFox.
When I close the modal web page Word disappears from Memory.

I don't know where the problem is, my code, IE setup or intranet
security, I also do not know where and for what to look for - I've
tried Google but I don't know what to look for so I am getting millions
of hits.

I any ideas will be appreciated.

(I get same results with Excel as with Word)

string officeDocScript = "<div>"
+ "<iframe width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" +
filePath + "\">"
+ "<frame width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" +
filePath + "\">"
+ "<embed src=\"" + filePath + "\">"
+ "</iframe></div>";

[Fernando Rodriguez]

That's probably not it, but why you got a <frametag inside the iframe??

I see that it's not even closed, so it's possible that WORD is being loaded
into the invisible frame and the other frame is prompting you to download on
the other systems. That would be why nothing opens when click "Open" on the
download dialog, because there's already an instance of WORD loaded on the
invisible frame.

"Peter" <cz****@nospam. nospamwrote in message
news:e0******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP06.phx.gbl...

>I have the following code which is executed from a modal web page - it
works fine on most, but on some computers the Word loads into memory but
never displays. This occurs with IE6 and IE7, but always works on FireFox.
When I close the modal web page Word disappears from Memory.

I don't know where the problem is, my code, IE setup or intranet security,
I also do not know where and for what to look for - I've tried Google but
I don't know what to look for so I am getting millions of hits.

I any ideas will be appreciated.

(I get same results with Excel as with Word)

string officeDocScript = "<div>"
+ "<iframe width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" + filePath
+ "\">"
+ "<frame width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" + filePath
+ "\">"
+ "<embed src=\"" + filePath + "\">"
+ "</iframe></div>";

[Steven Cheng [MSFT]]

Hi Peter,

is this problem the same with the former modal dialog one or another
separate issue within the same application? It seems this problem is quite
client-side specific and occurs sporadically which makes the
troubleshooting rather difficult.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

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>Subject: Re: Open Word document through Iframe
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 14:09:42 -0500
I get "Open", "Save","Can cel" dialog box

and if I click on "Open" the prompt just disappears and the document does
not display. If I look at the task manger the WINWORD.EXE is one of the
processes. If I close the webpage WINDWORD disaplears from the processes.

"S.M. Altaf [MVP]" <sm*****@mNOSPA Msn.comwrote in message
news:C2******* *************** ************@mi crosoft.com...

>What do you mean by "loads into memory but never displays"? Are you
getting a download prompt on some machines instead of the .doc file

being

>displayed?

--
---------------------------------------------------
S.M. Altaf [MVP]
http://www.mendhak.com/
"Peter" <cz****@nospam. nospamwrote in message
news:e0******* *******@TK2MSFT NGP06.phx.gbl.. .

>>I have the following code which is executed from a modal web page - it
works fine on most, but on some computers the Word loads into memory

but

>>never displays. This occurs with IE6 and IE7, but always works on
FireFox.
When I close the modal web page Word disappears from Memory.

I don't know where the problem is, my code, IE setup or intranet
security, I also do not know where and for what to look for - I've

tried

>>Google but I don't know what to look for so I am getting millions of
hits.

I any ideas will be appreciated.

(I get same results with Excel as with Word)

string officeDocScript = "<div>"
+ "<iframe width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" +
filePath + "\">"
+ "<frame width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" +

filePath

>>+ "\">"
+ "<embed src=\"" + filePath + "\">"
+ "</iframe></div>";

[Peter]

It was registry problem on client side, I just don't know why it works with
FireFox but not IE

Here's the registry fix:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Cl asses\Word.Docu ment.8]
@="Microsoft Office Word 97 - 2003 Document"
BrowserFlags"=d word:00000008
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Cl asses\Excel.She et.8]
@="Microsoft Excel Worksheet"
"BrowserFlags"= dword:00000008
"Fernando Rodriguez" <fr********@mcp .microsoft.comw rote in message
news:ON******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP03.phx.gbl. ..

That's probably not it, but why you got a <frametag inside the iframe??

I see that it's not even closed, so it's possible that WORD is being
loaded into the invisible frame and the other frame is prompting you to
download on the other systems. That would be why nothing opens when click
"Open" on the download dialog, because there's already an instance of WORD
loaded on the invisible frame.

"Peter" <cz****@nospam. nospamwrote in message
news:e0******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP06.phx.gbl...

>>I have the following code which is executed from a modal web page - it
works fine on most, but on some computers the Word loads into memory but
never displays. This occurs with IE6 and IE7, but always works on FireFox.
When I close the modal web page Word disappears from Memory.

I don't know where the problem is, my code, IE setup or intranet
security, I also do not know where and for what to look for - I've tried
Google but I don't know what to look for so I am getting millions of
hits.

I any ideas will be appreciated.

(I get same results with Excel as with Word)

string officeDocScript = "<div>"
+ "<iframe width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" +
filePath + "\">"
+ "<frame width=\"75%\" height=\"55%\" name=\"fframe\" src=\"" + filePath
+ "\">"
+ "<embed src=\"" + filePath + "\">"
+ "</iframe></div>";