how to save doc file in html page

[vinitjain]

hi,
i am faced with a strange n peculiar stupid problem. I am giving a *.doc file in a href tag of html page and instead of opening the file save dialog box, its opening the file in Browser.

CAn i somehow getover this problem, and prompt the user to save the doc file instead of opening it in browser window itself.

somebody help me pls...

rgds
vinit

[sbrothy]

Just passed by. I'm not quite sure what you mean by

I am giving a *.doc file in a href tag of html page

Do you mean to say that the user presses a link looking like:

http://foo.bar/baz.doc

or that the user is directed to your page like:

http://foo.bar/yourpage.html?document=baz.doc

?

Either way, I think your cances of getting a reply is better in the "Client Side Scripting" forum. This doesn't look like a topic for a "General Discussion" ;-)

Regards,
S. Bro

[vinitjain]

i mean some thing like this < a href="abc.doc">XYZ </a>

can i somehow prompt the user to save this file... clicking on XYZ.. now it is opening the file in browser itself

[sbrothy]

I think you can do something along the lines of (pseudocode):


<a href="abc.doc" onclick="doSave(this); return false;">XYZ </a>

<script language="javascript>
function doSave(anchor) {
var w = new ActiveXObject("Word.Application");
w.Documents.Add(anchor.href.value);
var doc = w.Application.ActiveDocument;
doc.SaveAs(documentPath, 0);
doc.Close(0);
}
</script>


You'd have to roam USENET and check the MSDN office documentation for the Word automation API.