Regarding issue 2: On the server side you can't prevent people 
from saving files to the local file system. This is out of the 
scope of HTTP/WebDAV protocols. 

Andreas

On 10 Apr 2004 at 3:32, Gbenga Bello wrote:

> Hello People,
> 
> I am making very interesting progress with the slide webdav framework.
> However,I have two very serious issues about how webdav/Slide engine manages the 
> creation of a new documents.
> ISSUE I
> ============
> I have tried to save a new document from Ms Word into the slide server thru the 
> webfolder. But all I get is a file permission and network error.
> How can I create new documents on the server from proprietory applications that 
> support webdav (e.g MS Word 2000, XP)???????????????????
> I succeeded in moving documents (from the Hard drive) to the server thru the 
> Put(String path, File file) method of the WebdavResource client from my Java 
> application. The only issue I have with this is that the document must be existent 
> on the local machine first.
> I do not like this constraint. I want to be able to launch the Word processor, 
> create the document and click a save menu and successfully throw my newly created 
> document into the DAV server.
> Can anyone help me on how to go about this objective of creating a new document on 
> the server from a Word Processor like Ms Word.
> Pls permit me to report this; I could update changes to a document thru the word 
> application to server.But this means that the document already exists on the DAV 
> server.
> I will appreciate all helps in form of advice, direction, guidance, our sample steps 
> on how to go about creating a new document on the DAV server from the word 
> processing application.
> ISSUE II
> ============
> 2) I noticed that when I open a document from the server thru the right application 
> though, the SaveAs menu is not disabled. This means that an unauthorized user can 
> steal the document by just saving it on the local drive.
> Could someone comment on how to prevent this?
> 
> I do hope that I will be encouraged by your response to my questions.
> I will be grateful to hear sometin from everyone.
> I thank you all in advance.
> COGI
> 


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