Alfreso + Microsoft Word

[eleanor]

Hello,

I've installed Alfresco and it's working flawlessly when accessing it through IE. The problem I'm having is with Microsoft Word 2010, where the "Online Edit" is not working. When I want to edit the document, which should directly open in Word by clicking on "Online Edit", the following is displayed in my IE browser:

https://forums.alfresco.com/sites/forums/files/alfresco13.png

It seems to me like if the IE doesn't know how to handle davs protocol. Is there anything I need to install into the Windows machine: I've looked over the installed features of Word 2010 outlined below, which seem to be in order.

https://forums.alfresco.com/sites/forums/files/alfresco14.png

Any ideas?

[eswbitto]

A couple of things come to mind.

Firstly try in a different browser to see if the edit online is working or not. Secondly, are you using ssl or just port 8080/7070? If you are using an ssl then there could be issues which will depend largely on your setup.

[eleanor]

Hi,

I registered the dav/davs protocol with Windows by using the following .reg script:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\davs]
@="URL:loffice Protocol" 
"URL Protocol"="" 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\davs\DefaultIcon]
@="soffice.exe,1" 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\davs\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\davs\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\davs\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.exe\" \"%1\"" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dav]
@="URL:loffice Protocol" 
"URL Protocol"="" 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dav\DefaultIcon]
@="soffice.exe,1" 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dav\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dav\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dav\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.exe\" \"%1\"" 
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When using 'Open Edit' now, the web browser doesn't complain anymore, but opens Microsoft Word, which is  exactly what I want to achieve. The problem now is that Word doesn't recognize the davs format as presented below.

https://forums.alfresco.com/sites/forums/files/alfresco1.png

[102020]

I think you and I are having the same issue: https://forums.alfresco.com/forum/installation-upgrades-configuration-integration/configuration/alfr...

My only major difference (and from my memory) is that we put the IIS Reverse Proxy in, however even using Alfresco the 'default' way still causes same issue.

[eleanor]

Hi,

I'm not sure whether this is my problem. The problem is that Word cannot recognizethe davs protocol and open the appropriate document from WebDAV. How did you ensure Word is able to open documents from Alfresco in Online Edit Mode directly? Did you possibly install a some additional script/program?

Thank you

[linuxyeti]

Hi there

Although, I'm using 5.0.a, it may be worth looking at what I wrote on the thread below:

https://forums.alfresco.com/forum/installation-upgrades-configuration-integration/installation-upgra...

Cheers

Tony

[eleanor]

Hi,

Whenever I use the 'online edit' button now I get the following infobox:

The file 'Project_Documentation.docx' could not be opened for online editing. One of the following plugins required to be installed in your browser. 
    For Windows: Microsoft Office 2010 
    For Mac OS X: SharePoint Browser Plug-in‍‍‍

But sometimes is says the following:

Could not open davs://alfresco.lan/alfresco/webdav/User Homes/name.surname/test.doc
‍‍‍

This is Microsoft Word 2010 and Windows 7, does anybody know whether I have to install something to support Sharepoint protocol or is that automatically installed by installing Microsoft Word. How can I determine whether all the correct components for Sharepoint protocol have been successfully installed on the system?