A hyperlink that will open a document using the DAV protocol?
I have a DAV server (in this case Oracle Portal). If I open the word and then enter the DAV url of the document, I am prompted for a username / password and the document is retrieved. I can edit it and just hit "Save" to save it back to the server. So far so good.
I need a link on a web page that will open the document for editing in Word. If I just use the same URL I use in the Open File in Word dialog box, I get a read-only copy and the Save File dialog prompts me to save it locally.
Is there a way to open a document for DAV editing directly from a hyperlink?
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According to this thread , you should be able to support DAV by adding special headers to your answer so that the word knows it is editable via DAV.
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Apparently, Word's default behavior is to open such links as read-only. However, there seems to be two workarounds. You can either configure a registry setting or use the SharePoint.OpenDocuments ActiveX control.
See it here: http://www.webdavsystem.com/server/documentation/hyperlinked_ms_office_docs
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Not. The dav protocol uses standard HTTP transactions, and if the client is unaware of DAV support, they won't know how to use it.
The word is most likely not supported by DAV and you are relying on people to install DAV devices as mapped network drive.
IE: As far as words are concerned, it's just like any other URL.
(If there is a way to tell about it specifically in the DAVFS system, via a URL with a different protocol specifier like davfs: //www.google.com/, if davfs happens to be a registered protocol, the client is recognized, this of course makes too much sense , and for this reason alone you are unlikely to find it supported on windows)
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