On 10/26/2007 12:10 AM, Philippe Zwaenepoel wrote: > Hi James, > > I am still not convinced this is a windows related problem. There is > indeed a checkbox 'always use this app', it was by default checked > (as I have set OO as default app for MS Office docs in windows). The > problem is not that it does not recognize OpenOffice as the default > app to open these documents. The problem is that it should open in > the same window of IE. > > In attachment a screenhot when opening an ODT file and when opening a > DOC file. You will see that the ODT file is nicely openend in the > window of IE, but not the DOC file. > > Thanks, Philippe
I only use MSIE if I need to get some updates that can't be obtained any other way (I primarily use linux). However, this thread raise my curiosity so I booted into WindowsXPPro, dug out MSIE (version 7), wandered over to http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/Samples/Business_planner.ods and click on it in MSIE 7. MSIE gave me a warning that an unauthorized publisher wanted to use xyx.dll (can't recall the exact dll) in active-x. Once I allowed it to do that, MSIE opened the file within MSIE just fine. It now opens .ods and .odt's etc., just fine. Don't know enough about MSIE to tell you more, but my guess is that it is simply a setting in your MSIE that it preventing MSIE from opening the OOo file. cc'd to unsubscribed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please reply *only* to [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
