web problem opening a document

[leida.dougherty]

With FP2000 I published a WORD Document to a web page and
now when an end-user navigates thru our intranet web page
to open this MS word document that happens to have a
hyperlink to an MS excel document inside it they get a
password prompt to open the excel document. The user
cancels the box and the file opens. That dialog box should
not be there. How do I get rid of it?
FYI:
- When the user tries to open that same excel document
using a direct URL, it works. No password prompt.
- Using the same scenario above when the user navigates
thru the intranet to open this same word document that has
a hyperlink to another word document they want to open, no
prompt occurs. Using a direct URL works fine. No prompt.
I have not worked with FP for very long, so I would
appreciate any suggestions you may have.
Best Regards, Leida Dougherty, tampa,florida

 

[Jim Buyens]

This is a tough one to answer without knowing the exact
URLs involved. However, two possible causes are:

o The link to the Excel document specifies a filesharing
location rather than a URL, and the filesharing
location is password protected.
o The link to the Excel document specifies a URL rather
than a filesharing location, and the URL is password
protected.

As to the Excel file creating a password prompt, which you
can cancel and then open the file anyway, perhaps the
Excel file references *another* file that's password-
protected. Excel wants to open that file so it can
recalculate the worksheet, but when it can't, it falls
back to opening the worksheet without recalculating.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
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|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
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[Stefan B Rusynko]

Also password prompts for MSO 2000 files were a bug corrected if all users install all the MS Office Service Packs (think it was 2
or 3 that fixed it)

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| This is a tough one to answer without knowing the exact
| URLs involved. However, two possible causes are:
|
| o The link to the Excel document specifies a filesharing
| location rather than a URL, and the filesharing
| location is password protected.
| o The link to the Excel document specifies a URL rather
| than a filesharing location, and the URL is password
| protected.
|
| As to the Excel file creating a password prompt, which you
| can cancel and then open the file anyway, perhaps the
| Excel file references *another* file that's password-
| protected. Excel wants to open that file so it can
| recalculate the worksheet, but when it can't, it falls
| back to opening the worksheet without recalculating.
|
| Jim Buyens
| Microsoft FrontPage MVP
| http://www.interlacken.com
| Author of:
| *----------------------------------------------------
| |\---------------------------------------------------
| || Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
| || Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
| || Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
| || Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002
| || Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
| || (All from Microsoft Press)
| |/---------------------------------------------------
| *----------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >With FP2000 I published a WORD Document to a web page and
| >now when an end-user navigates thru our intranet web page
| >to open this MS word document that happens to have a
| >hyperlink to an MS excel document inside it they get a
| >password prompt to open the excel document. The user
| >cancels the box and the file opens. That dialog box
| should
| >not be there. How do I get rid of it?
| >FYI:
| >- When the user tries to open that same excel document
| >using a direct URL, it works. No password prompt.
| >- Using the same scenario above when the user navigates
| >thru the intranet to open this same word document that
| has
| >a hyperlink to another word document they want to open,
| no
| >prompt occurs. Using a direct URL works fine. No prompt.
| >I have not worked with FP for very long, so I would
| >appreciate any suggestions you may have.
| >Best Regards, Leida Dougherty, tampa,florida
| >
| >
| >
| >.
| >