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Last Post 07/18/2007 9:20 AM by Peter Donker

hyperlinks to documents from Word

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tony evans

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07/13/2007 1:26 PM
Hi I have a colleague who is placing hyperlinks to documents in Microsoft Word 2003 using the relevant hyperlink for a document in DMX e.g. http://intranet/Nationald...ult.aspx?EntryId=440 The problem is that when a link is clicked on, Word tries to be clever and just open the document in its relevant application and the file name is lost. My colleague would like the file to just download instead of open. Any ideas on how this can be achieved?

Brian Stevenson

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07/13/2007 2:53 PM
1) Go to the page with the DMX Module 2) Mouse over the module options 3) Choose "Options" 4) Go to the "Service" tab 5) Click "File Types" 6) Find the file type(s) in question. 7) Click the "Edit" link for the file type(s) 8) If the "Default Action" is "View", change it to "Download" Let me know if that helps. Brian

tony evans

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07/15/2007 12:45 AM
hi, all are already set to download, appreciate any more ideas...

Peter Donker

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07/18/2007 9:20 AM
I'm afraid the problem lies with Word because the server really responds with a 'download'. If Word is trying to be clever, it examines the file name and concludes 'hey I can read this stuff' and opens it inside itself. It should be similar to having a link like http://intranet/Portals/0/someworddoc.doc. BTW Instead of setting the download method on items you can override this setting in the url by including 'Method/attachment/' in the url (or '&method=attachment' if not using friendly urls). You'll see this in action under the save icons on a file list in DMX. Peter

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