How to open a docx file from an asp.net application

[gwen.demby]

Hello, I hope all is well.. I was wondered if someone had a fix for
opening docx file... I am currently using the response.redirect("path
of word document") however it does not work while trying to open docx
files.. I recieve an "HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
Internet Information Services (IIS)" error...
thanks for your help.

[Ben Schwehn]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:22:52 -0700, gwen.demby wrote:

Hello, I hope all is well.. I was wondered if someone had a fix for
opening docx file... I am currently using the response.redirect("path of
word document") however it does not work while trying to open docx
files.. I recieve an "HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
Internet Information Services (IIS)" error... thanks for your help.

Is the "path of word document" a relative path in your virtual directory?
Then Perhaps your iis isn't configured to serve docx files, you can change
that in the iis administration under mime types.

If you're using the filesystem path (like response.redirect(@"c:
\foo.docx")), this doesn't work, instead you could in your asp page open
the file using the System.IO classes and stream it directly into the
Respone.OutputStream.
--
Ben | bschwehn.de

[Chris Simon]

You need to add the mime type to IIS

docx is: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document