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February 5, 2009
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Open docx in DW8

  • February 5, 2009
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I've got an issue when a user clicks on a link pointing to a file and they try to download an Office 2007 file (docx, xlsx, etc) a new Explorer window opens as supposed to the "Open, Save, Close" Dialog box. This works fine with older Office files, wavs etc.

Is there any resolution to this issue?
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    Inspiring
    February 6, 2009
    > I've got an issue when a user clicks on a link pointing to a file and they
    > try
    > to download an Office 2007 file (docx, xlsx, etc) a new Explorer window
    > opens
    > as supposed to the "Open, Save, Close" Dialog box. This works fine with
    > older
    > Office files, wavs etc.
    >
    > Is there any resolution to this issue?

    Save the documents as .doc

    Participating Frequently
    February 6, 2009
    Well my users save/upload their documents as both Office 2007 and Pre-2K7. Is there anything code wise that might help?
    Inspiring
    February 6, 2009
    You might try adding an HTTP header to tell IE to treat the file as an attachment. Note I haven't tested this.

    name: Content-Disposition
    value: attachment;filename=myfile.docx