topic Edit Word Document through URL viaWebdav in Alfresco Archive

Edit Word Document through URL viaWebdav

j_pfeifer_ — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:43:43 GMT

Hello,i have the following Problem:I'm implementing an Interface in Java for an internal Tool to the Alfresco Repository, which gives Access to the Alfresco Document Managment System. One of the Requirements to this Interface is a Method that returns a Link to a Document through which it is possible

Re: Edit Word Document through URL viaWebdav

j_pfeifer_ — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:44:37 GMT

Hello Again,

does no one have any Idea on what to do or where to look, that might be helpful to my Problem?

Did I post this Issue in the right Subforum / Category?

Re: Edit Word Document through URL viaWebdav

stevegreenbaum — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:42:43 GMT

I am trying to do something similar. I want to embedded a link in a page to allow the user to directly open a Word document in edit mode using Word 2007/Windows XP. Using IE or Firefox with the webdav add-on, it always opens the document read-only when I use the document's webdav url.

How can I open the document for editing?

I've tried it for document repository (8080) and Share (7070) documents, always with the same result. Here is an example url:

http://localhost:7070/alfresco/Project_Number_1/documentlibrary/2nd%20dtry%20test%201.docx

I was experimenting with webdav, but ultimately want the word document to open with the Sharepoint protocol functions activated (e.g., Document Management Pane, Server Word Button). I currently have all of the vti parameters configured and they are working well when I open Word directly.

Is there a url format for Sharepoint protocol support?
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Quick update since posting this item:

I found what I was looking for in the following forum post: http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19885

The key is webdav.js as noted in that post.