Word/Excel needed??

[Harry Simpson]

If i'm using :

Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"

or

Response.ContentType = "Application/msword"
Response.WriteFile(FilePath)

Does the user have to have Word and Excel installed on the client box to
view the files in IE6??
And if so, and they don't have a full version of Word, will this ContentType
fire up the free Word viewer automatically for viewing??

TIA much!

Harry

[Frank Drebin]

You could specify it as a RTF (rich text) with "application/rtf"

You may want to do a little client-side sniffer.. in a try/catch javascript
function, try to instantiate MS Word or excel (you could look up in the
registry what the progid's are..).. if you can't instantiate a programatic
version - then you know it's not installed and handle it accordingly..

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If i'm using :

Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"

or

Response.ContentType = "Application/msword"
Response.WriteFile(FilePath)

Does the user have to have Word and Excel installed on the client box to
view the files in IE6??
And if so, and they don't have a full version of Word, will this ContentType fire up the free Word viewer automatically for viewing??

TIA much!

Harry

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

It think the Word viewer should take over if Word is not on the machine. You
may run into some security settings on some browsers, depending on the zone.

--
Microsoft MVPs have a question for *you*: Are you patched against the Worm?
http://www.microsoft.com/security/se...s/ms03-026.asp

"Harry Simpson" <hs*******@nospamphgt.net> wrote in message
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If i'm using :

Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"

or

Response.ContentType = "Application/msword"
Response.WriteFile(FilePath)

Does the user have to have Word and Excel installed on the client box to
view the files in IE6??
And if so, and they don't have a full version of Word, will this ContentType
fire up the free Word viewer automatically for viewing??

TIA much!

Harry