Server: Windows 2003, SP1. Client: Windows XP SP2, Office 2003 SP1

There is a Word document, saved with file type HTML on the server. This
document is opened for reading via HTTP - a click is done on a URL such as
www.example.com/test.doc.

However, the document is not opened in Word. Instead a dialog is shown,
giving the possibility to save the document. The message in the dialog is
(translated from German) "The downloaded file cannot be opened by the
standard program. It is either damaged or the file type is wrong. Because of
security reasons, the donwload should be canceled."

If the document is downloaded to the client, and then opened with Word
locally, anything will be fine. No error message is given.

Can anybody explain? Why can the document not be opened directly via HTTP?

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Michael G. Schneider
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