Opening a document in Alfresco like on the CIFS server

[geert_bontridde]

How can I open a document in Alfresco like I would have been opening it on the CIFS server?

If you open a document on a drive that is mapped to the CIFS server, you can edit the document and saving the document will save the document directly in the repository.
If you open a document from the Alfresco web client and you want to save it in the repository, you must close the window, then a message appears to ask wether you want to save or not, click yes, you have to navigate to the mapped network drive and select the document you opened in Alfresco…

So, what I want to do is saving a document that was opend in Alfresco (by clicking the link) and save it like it was opened via the a mapped drive to CIFS server…

[kevinr]

It is possible to configure the web-client to generate all Download URLs as WebDav links - you can then use any WebDav compliant application to directly edit content - such as Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

How to override configuration in the web-client is explained here:
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Web_Client_Customisation_Guide

You'll want to override this section to read:

   <config>
      <client>
         <!– the type of edit link to use, NOTE: inline editable will always take precedence –>
         <!– can be: http|webdav|cifs –>
         <edit-link-type>webdav</edit-link-type>
      </client>
   </config>
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Thanks,

Kevin