Problems with trying to use a Word Documenet on my website

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Hi.

I tried to put a microsoft word .doc file onto my website.
I saved the word doc in my frontpage folder and created a link to it from a htm page.
When I uploaded it and clicked on the link to the word doc I was expecting it to be loaded in word or give me the option to download it. However I got a dialog box with my ISP user name filled in and a prompt for a password!

When I selected cancel the text was loaded in IE7.

Is this caused by my ISP or am I doing something wrong when I added the word file.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
How does that happen and why, Kat? I've got several word documents on
several sites, and have never had that issue.
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Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
"You're a daisy if you do!"
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: It's happening because you are trying to open the file using the same PC
: that you use to manage the web site. It won't happen to other people on
: their PCs.
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: ~ Kathleen Anderson
: Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
: Spider Web Woman Designs
: Expression Web Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/xweb/
: FrontPage Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
: Please reply to the newsgroup for the benefit of others
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: : > Hi.
: >
: > I tried to put a microsoft word .doc file onto my website.
: > I saved the word doc in my frontpage folder and created a link to it
from
: > a htm page.
: > When I uploaded it and clicked on the link to the word doc I was
expecting
: > it to be loaded in word or give me the option to download it. However I
: > got a dialog box with my ISP user name filled in and a prompt for a
: > password!
: >
: > When I selected cancel the text was loaded in IE7.
: >
: > Is this caused by my ISP or am I doing something wrong when I added the
: > word file.
: >
: > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
: >
: >
: >
: >
:
:
 
There was / is a bug in certain version(s) - don't remember which one(s) of
Word that cause this behavior.

The only fix is for your users to install a patch or upgrade their version
of Word.

Bob Lehmann

Hi.

I tried to put a microsoft word .doc file onto my website.
I saved the word doc in my frontpage folder and created a link to it from a htm page.
When I uploaded it and clicked on the link to the word doc I was expecting
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it to be loaded in word or give me the option to download it. However I got
a dialog box with my ISP user name filled in and a prompt for a password!
 
I don't know what causes it. I do know that if you delete the entry for the
web site from My Network Places, the problem goes away. But the next time
you open the web in FP, the entry gets created again.

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~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
Spider Web Woman Designs
Expression Web Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/xweb/
FrontPage Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
Please reply to the newsgroup for the benefit of others
 
Bob:
There was/is a similar problem with Office 2000 (You Are Prompted for a
Password When You Open an Office Document in a Browser (Q225234):
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q225234 )

I still have this problem on a PC running Office XP and FrontPage 2003.

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~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
Spider Web Woman Designs
Expression Web Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/xweb/
FrontPage Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
Please reply to the newsgroup for the benefit of others
 
Hi.

Kathleeen - Thank you for your response, when I tried looking at it on
another PC it worked perfectly.

Many thanks


Kathleen Anderson said:
I don't know what causes it. I do know that if you delete the entry for the
web site from My Network Places, the problem goes away. But the next time
you open the web in FP, the entry gets created again.

--

~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
Spider Web Woman Designs
Expression Web Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/xweb/
FrontPage Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
Please reply to the newsgroup for the benefit of others


Tom [Pepper] Willett said:
How does that happen and why, Kat? I've got several word documents on
several sites, and have never had that issue.
--
===
Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
"You're a daisy if you do!"
---
FrontPage Support:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
===
: It's happening because you are trying to open the file using the same
PC
: that you use to manage the web site. It won't happen to other people on
: their PCs.
:
: --
:
: ~ Kathleen Anderson
: Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
: Spider Web Woman Designs
: Expression Web Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/xweb/
: FrontPage Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
: Please reply to the newsgroup for the benefit of others
:
:
:
:
:
:
: : > Hi.
: >
: > I tried to put a microsoft word .doc file onto my website.
: > I saved the word doc in my frontpage folder and created a link to it
from
: > a htm page.
: > When I uploaded it and clicked on the link to the word doc I was
expecting
: > it to be loaded in word or give me the option to download it. However
I
: > got a dialog box with my ISP user name filled in and a prompt for a
: > password!
: >
: > When I selected cancel the text was loaded in IE7.
: >
: > Is this caused by my ISP or am I doing something wrong when I added
the
: > word file.
: >
: > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
: >
: >
: >
: >
:
:
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