Default webdav configuration

[unknown-user]

Hi,

I just installed alfresco 1.3.0 on Windows XP, and kept default configuration unchanged. Everything seems to work fine, but the webdav access.

When I open a webdav explorer (from IE 6, File->Open, checked Open as Web Folder), I always get the same message :
Internet Explorer could not open http://localhost:8080/alfesco/webdav as a web folder. Would you like to see its default view instead?

If I click Yes, the login prompt appears and I see then a read-only list of files. Of course, clicking no does nothing.

How to get an explorer view on editable files ?

Tried without success with both the root of spaces (http://localhost:8080/alfresco/webdav) and guest home (http://localhost:8080/alfresco/webdav/Guest%20Home)

Did I miss something ?

Denis

[gary_spencer]

Hi,

Could you try connecting to the WebDAV server using Network Places. Select Start->My Network Places, then Add a new network place, enter the URL.

Is IE set as your default web browser ?.

Cheers

Gary

[unknown-user]

Ok, using the Network Places as you mentioned, I can open a webdav explorer on Alfresco spaces, and drag&drop files.

But editing Word documents from a webdav explorer still fails : the document is empty when being opened in MS Word. Copying it back to local disk produce a 0 byte file.
It should not be related to permissions as I logged as admin. The space is not controled by any rule/action either.
IE is set as my default web browser.

Here is the debug webdav log for these actions :
- copy document to webdav space
- edit document (opens empty)
- close document

23:01:25,744 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] WebDAV request HEAD on path /alfre
sco/webdav/Working%20groups/Agriculture/1%20Samples/test.doc
23:01:25,974 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] HEAD is returning status code: 404

23:01:25,974 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] HEAD took 230ms to execute
23:01:26,124 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] WebDAV request PUT on path /alfres
co/webdav/Working%20groups/Agriculture/1%20Samples/test.doc
23:01:26,124 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] Parsing If header: null
23:01:26,986 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] PUT took 862ms to execute
23:01:27,066 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] WebDAV request HEAD on path /alfre
sco/webdav/Working%20groups/Agriculture/1%20Samples/test.doc
23:01:27,286 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] HEAD took 220ms to execute
23:01:34,286 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] WebDAV request OPTIONS on path /al
fresco/webdav/Working%20groups/Agriculture/1%20Samples/test.doc
23:01:34,907 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] OPTIONS took 621ms to execute
23:01:34,947 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] WebDAV request LOCK on path /alfre
sco/webdav/Working%20groups/Agriculture/1%20Samples/test.doc
23:01:34,947 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] Parsing If header: null
23:01:34,947 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] Lock lockToken=null, timeout=120
23:01:34,947 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] Locking node:
   user: admin
   path: /Working groups/Agriculture/1 Samples/test.doc
23:01:35,107 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] Create lock status=NO_LOCK
23:01:36,339 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] WebDAV request PROPFIND on path /a
lfresco/webdav/Working%20groups/Agriculture/1%20Samples/test.doc
23:01:36,620 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] PROPFIND took 281ms to execute
23:01:37,060 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] LOCK took 2113ms to execute
23:01:37,160 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] WebDAV request GET on path /alfres
co/webdav/Working%20groups/Agriculture/1%20Samples/test.doc
23:01:37,341 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] GET took 181ms to execute
23:03:17,334 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] WebDAV request PROPFIND on path /a
lfresco/webdav/Working%20groups/Agriculture/1%20Samples/test.doc
23:03:17,475 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] PROPFIND took 141ms to execute
23:03:17,525 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] WebDAV request UNLOCK on path /alf
resco/webdav/Working%20groups/Agriculture/1%20Samples/test.doc
23:03:17,525 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] Parsing Lock-Token header: <opaque
locktoken:937af9a3-16a0-11db-9531-259145be292f:admin>
23:03:17,525 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] Lock node; path=/Working groups/Ag
riculture/1 Samples/test.doc, token=937af9a3-16a0-11db-9531-259145be292f:admin
23:03:17,755 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] Unlock token=937af9a3-16a0-11db-95
31-259145be292f:admin Successful
23:03:18,987 DEBUG [alfresco.webdav.protocol] UNLOCK took 1462ms to execute‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Any idea ?

Denis

[unknown-user]

Reinstalling Windows Web Folder client (as explained in http://forums.alfresco.com/viewtopic.php?t=385) didn't help.

But upgrading to Office 2003 did solve the problem.

Denis