Hi there, unfortunately this is not a webDAV issue (both of it) but a system architecture. Whenever your client OS encounters a url it checks what handler handles the protocol given (in Windows the registry holds that value). So http:// will always be handled by the systems browser. And the browser is not webDAV aware. When you use IE (for FF you would need a plug-in) you could right-click and select "Open with". (A friend of mine administrates Microsoft Sharepoint portal and he says 80% of the support calls are from users who double clicked instead of right click).
When you use webDAV in an Intranet setting you actually could cheat. We developed a small C++ helper, that handles a protocol of choice (for obvious reasons we use webdav:// ). All our links to documents are webdav://myserver/myfolder/bigdocument.doc. The helper gets launched, checks in the registry what application is in charge for .doc and launches "wordprocessor.exe http://myserver/myfolder/bigdocument.doc"; Since the office applications are webDAV aware the file will be handled correctly. Downside1: You need to do a onetime installation on all clients (we have an installer). Downside2: We don't have a Mac or Linux version Downside3: We haven't published the code yet (will be on sourceforge) If you are interested let me know. :-) stw Friso Vrolijken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 23/11/2005 20:14:55: > Hi all, > > Stephan Michl wrote: > > > However if I am trying to link to a webfolder in a web page the webdav > > folders are displayed as html not as a webfolder. > > (using > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/behaviors/overview/webfolder.asp > ) > > > Sorry, can't help you out, but your question did prompt me to another > issue: I've got a webpage that is listing some of my 'webdav-files'. > However, clicking on them in a browser saves a local copy and opens > that! Is there some sort of behaviour (or some other clever way of doing > it) that makes it apparent to the browser that it is looking at a > webdav-link and the editor should open it from there? > > So, here's what I want: > <a href="http://my.webpage.com/slide/files/1234.doc";>open this file for > editing</a> > > Does anybody know how to achieve this? > > Groeten, > > Friso > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
