I have a requirement to launch .dot files (ms word templates) as new documents from the browser…
Let me explain… if you click on a .dot file in Windows Explorer it opens a new document and runs any macros… you can right click and edit the template…
I want to link to the files, so I use <a href="file://myserver/templates/letter.dot">Letter</a>… However this then prompts for the “Download File” dialogue box… and then if I click “Open” it opens the template in edit mode… not the required new document mode…
This may be a technical impossibility but can I achieve the desired result in ActiveX or something??
Instead of linking to the .dot files directly, link to .lnk (Windows link files)… this magically makes the template open in the correct way.