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

07-31-2008

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.

07-31-2008

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

Quote:

> 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

10-03-2008

You need to add the mime type to IIS

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

07-31-2008	#1 (permalink)
gwen.demby n/a posts	How to open a docx file from an asp.net application 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.
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07-31-2008	#2 (permalink)
Ben Schwehn n/a posts	Re: How to open a docx file from an asp.net application On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:22:52 -0700, gwen.demby wrote: Quote: > 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
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10-03-2008	#3 (permalink)
Chris Simon n/a posts	How to open a docx file from an asp.net application -gwen.demb You need to add the mime type to IIS docx is: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
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