Unable to 'Edit Online' Word Documents with alfresco share

[aniko]

Hi,
old problem, many postings but no solution :-((
It's unable to "edit online" Word Documents with alfresco share.
It is possible to open the Document at the IE but the Documents will be opened Read-Only. On another Client can not open anything.
I have look to the forum and internet and found many solutions, but nothing works for me.

These steps I have done:

Install vti-module amp 1.1
Change the tag "edit-link-typ" to "webdav" at the file web-client-config.xml (http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19885)
Change the Windows registry entry OpenDocumentsReadWriteWhileBrowsing (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870853/en-us)
Install the webdav Patch for Windows Vista (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892211)
Disable to open a Office Document at the IE (Isn't work with Windows Vista) (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/162059)

Following alfresco Version I have tried:

Installed version 3.2.0 (_dev r-1) schema 2013
Installed version 3.2.0 (2039) schema 2019
installed version 3.2.0 (@build-number@) schema 3003

Operation System alfresco:
Windows Vista SP2
Solaris x86

Operation System Client:
Windows Vista SP2
Microsoft Word 2007

aniko

[stevegreenbaum]

If you haven't created any sites, that might explain why it is empty. 

BTW I usually map a Sharepoint drive as a Network Place, not as a network drive.  Try it that way as well.

[dkane]

Since Alfresco Explorer provides me with "Edit Online" link that works, I believe protocol level is ok and something goes wrong in Share-specific part.
Or do Alfresco Explorer and Share use different mechanics of "Edit Online" ?

[stevegreenbaum]

They use different methods, webdav vs. SharePoint.

[golash]

I have the exact same issue with 3.4d. I can access the repository from MS Word using port 7070 and edit the files and also 'Edit Online' from Alfresco Explorer, but Share only shows 'Edit Offline'.

Is there any setting or additional installation required in MS Office to enable Sharepoint support?

[golash]

I looked up Microsoft to see if there was anything needed to be done in MS Office to enable Sharepoint & I found this:

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=74

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First you need to set up a link between Office Word 2007 and your SharePoint site:

Select File
Publish
Document Management Server
Copy the URL of the Server into the File Name box on the File Save as Dialog. This will open the SharePoint site and you can then navigate to the library required.

It is also possible to add your SharePoint site to Microsoft Office Word 2007 using the Word options screen. To review the settings, open the Word 2007 options, and look at the Save options.

Once you have set up a link between Office and a SharePoint site, you can do a number of things. Let's start with the information panel in Word 2007.
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So I saved a test document from MS Word into Alfresco to setup the Sharepoint link. After the link setup, I am able to edit MS Office documents online.

[dkane]

Interesting…
When I create site in Share and upload document to it's "Document Library" , document has "Edit Online" link and it is working.
But documents in "Repository" (viewed via the same Share) does not have "Edit Online" link. Why ?

[mikeh]

Interesting…
When I create site in Share and upload document to it's "Document Library" , document has "Edit Online" link and it is working.
But documents in "Repository" (viewed via the same Share) does not have "Edit Online" link. Why ?

Because we use the SharePoint protocol which needs a concept of a "Site" in order to work.

Thanks,
Mike

[dkane]

Because we use the SharePoint protocol which needs a concept of a "Site" in order to work.

Thank you.
I don't catch the nature of this concept though. Both root level of /share and  /share/sitename are paths within the same web-application. Logically subfolders are called "sites" , but technically it is unclear why root entry is not "site".
Well, the problem is half-solved. I will be quite happy if this "Edit Online" link appears also in FF not only IE . We can not tie customers to IE. Tried WebDav plugin and "Web Folder" plugin - no luck so far.

[stevegreenbaum]

Edit Online only works in IE.  Consider using Tab 2 plugin for FF which lets you use the MS rendering engine from within FF.

[mikeh]

Firefox has no concept of passing a WebDAV URL directly to an external application in order to start online editing. Remember these are web apps, so must abide by the browser's implementation if features like this. "Edit Online" happens to work because Microsoft made it work for SharePoint with MSIE.

Whilst you're seeing the URL "/share/site" and comparing it to "/share", in fact the external application is directed to the Alfresco repository (the /alfresco web application). The Share URLs don't directly map to the content storage database.

Thanks,
Mike