MSWord in Frames not opening inside the Frame

[Pat Sheen]

In IE6 I'm using the following html to have three frames. One of the
frames is to open a locally stored MS Word document.

<frameset rows="100,1*">
<frame name=SiteHdr
src="Development\SiteHeader.html">
<frameset cols="50%,50%">
<frame name=Notes
src="file://C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/NotesStarter.doc">
<frame name=Site src="http://www.google.com.au">
</frameset>

Results are variable. Sometimes MS Word starts up in the frame with
the ability to enter data sometimes available and other times not and
sometimes a separate window starts up for Word. I want MS Word to be
active in the frame with the ability to edit. Am I doing something
wrong here? Is it some dodginess in the environment? I'm a novice at
this stuff so any help would be appreciated.

TIA
Pat

[Lachlan Hunt]

Pat Sheen wrote:

In IE6 I'm using the following html to have three frames. One of the
frames is to open a locally stored MS Word document.

<frame name=Notes
src="file://C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/NotesStarter.doc">
That will not work from the WWW, only when this HTML is loaded locally.
Results are variable. Sometimes MS Word starts up in the frame with
the ability to enter data sometimes available and other times not and
sometimes a separate window starts up for Word. I want MS Word to be
active in the frame with the ability to edit.

The method used to open external applications, whether they open within
the browser or externally, is entirely controlled through user agent
settings. There is no ability to specify such behaviour within HTML.

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[Dan]

Pat Sheen wrote:

In IE6 I'm using the following html to have three frames. One of the
frames is to open a locally stored MS Word document.
I guess you're not authoring for the World Wide Web, then, if you're
relying on specific browser versions and proprietary file formats.
src="Development\SiteHeader.html">
If "Development" is a subdirectory name, you need to use a forward
slash in the URL, not a backslash, in accordance with URI syntax
standards.
<frame name=Notes
src="file://C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/NotesStarter.doc">
"file" URIs work only on your local machine, not on the Web. Is this
just a local document to access on your own machine, not a page on a
server?
Results are variable. Sometimes MS Word starts up in the frame with
the ability to enter data sometimes available and other times not and
sometimes a separate window starts up for Word.

There is bound to be a lot of variation in browser versions and
configuration settings about how non-native formats like MS Word are
handled, whether as embedded plugins, external helper apps, launched
directly in Word (dangerous due to the possibility of macro viruses),
prompted for download, etc.

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Dan