If a user clicks a link to a word doc on the web, it does not ask to open or save the doc...it opens a page that says can not be found...how can i get the link to open the word doc?

yes, it actually trys to open a web page rather than have the behavior like opening a pdf?

any ideas?

How you open the file? Post your rendered file's url address here for inspection.

http://swmwas.com/word_docs/accounting/checkrequest.docx

The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

Please try the following:

    * Make sure that the Web site address displayed in the address bar of your browser is spelled and formatted correctly.
    * If you reached this page by clicking a link, contact the Web site administrator to alert them that the link is incorrectly formatted.
    * Click the Back button to try another link.

HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
Internet Information Services (IIS)

Technical Information (for support personnel)

    * Go to Microsoft Product Support Services and perform a title search for the words HTTP and 404.
    * Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and search for topics titled Web Site Setup, Common Administrative Tasks, and About Custom Error Messages.

the webaddress is internal

You have to use a client side script to open the document.

HTH,

-saige-

<a href="#" onclick="runWord('myfile.doc'); return false;">Test Word</A>
<script language="VBScript">
	<!--
	Sub runWord(WordArg)
		On Error Resume Next
		Dim objWord, objFile
		Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
		Set objFile = objWord.Open(WordArg)
		objWord.Visible = true
	End Sub
-->
</script>
 
<!--OR-->
 
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
	<!--
		function runWord(WordFile)
		{
			try {
				var word=new ActiveXObject('Word.Application');
				word.Open(WordFile);
				word.visible=true;
			} catch(e) {}
		}
	//-->
</script>
 
<a href="#" onclick="runWord('myfile.doc'); return false;">Test Word</A>

                                              

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Just got your update.  If I would have known that this were internal, another way you can do it without a client script is to add docx to the Application Extensions in the IIS Server.

Open the IIS Management Console
Right click on the Website in question "i.e. - Default Web Site"
Click on the Home Directory Tab
Click Configuration
Under the mappings tab, select to add the extensions in question.
Make sure you use the appropriate .NET dll, in most cases this can simply be ASPNET_ISAPI.DLL

-saige-

>>Just got your update.  If I would have known that this were internal, another way you can do it without a client script is to add docx to the Application Extensions in the IIS Server.

Close....now you can open or save....but the doc is coming out blank...any ideas?

also when i close it tells me that the file is locked...

thx in advance

Do you trying to open the file via server code such as Response.redirect() method? If yes, you need to stop the current buffer before open the subsequence page.
eg:
Response.Redirect("http://swmwas.com/word_docs/accounting/checkrequest.docx",false)

the link is pointing directly to the file, should i be using a function to call the word doc so i can use response.redirect?

With the MIME Types and the ISAPI filters configured correctly you should not need to.

-saige-

Hi mmedi005,
Possible post the related code snippet that opening the file?

>>With the MIME Types and the ISAPI filters configured correctly you should not need to.

MIME Types now set, what would I need the ISAPI filters to have? I added the ext to Home Directory tab

Now the file opens, but opens a blank page....