download word document from website

[Guest]

I am an amateur so please bare with me. I have developed a website for a nonprofit organization using Front Page 2002. I have inserted a hyperlink to an application form (word.doc). When the viewer accesses the form they are prompted for password info to site. How do I allow them to access this document without this prompt

Thank you!

 

[Jim Buyens]

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I am an amateur so please bare with me.

Sorry, this is a family newsgroup. Perhaps something under
alt.* ...?

I have developed a website for a nonprofit organization
using Front Page 2002. I have inserted a hyperlink to
an application form (word.doc). When the viewer accesses
the form they are prompted for password info to site.
How do I allow them to access this document without this
prompt?

Make sure the Word document and all its components are
entirely contained within your Web site. (By components, I
mean objects such as logo files that may not be part of
the Word document itself.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
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|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
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|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
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[Mark Fitzpatrick]

In addition to what Jim says, make sure that you have the latest Office
Service Packs. There was a bug in MS Office that cuased this behavior.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

I am an amateur so please bare with me. I have developed a website for a

nonprofit organization using Front Page 2002. I have inserted a hyperlink
to an application form (word.doc). When the viewer accesses the form they
are prompted for password info to site. How do I allow them to access this
document without this prompt?

 

[Guest]

Thank you Jim and Mark. Followed the advice of both of you but still having trouble. When trying to access document you are still prompted with the 'enter network password' . If you cancel that the document does come up. Any other suggestions. I have your book Jim...it is like a bible in my office!

 

[Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FP]]

Diana:
What's the URL of a page that has a link to this document?

 

[Guest]

http://www.forteriehockey.com

 

[Guest]

http://www.forteriehockey.com

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

No problems or prompts opening it w/ Office 2003
- again the issue w/ prompts is for users that have MSO 2000 and have not installed all SP

PS
Remove all spaces and illegal characters (&) from all file and folder names - will break links

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| http://www.forteriehockey.com

 

[Andrew Murray]

Sorry, this is a family newsgroup. Perhaps something under
alt.* ...?


Make sure the Word document and all its components are
entirely contained within your Web site. (By components, I
mean objects such as logo files that may not be part of
the Word document itself.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com

how does that account for the password prompt?? It sounds like htaccess at work,
or some security problem.

 

[Andrew Murray]

there is a problem with the file permissions - are you sure your host allows such
documents (*.doc) on your server?).

contact your host's support line with this problem.

Thank you Jim and Mark. Followed the advice of both of you but still having

trouble. When trying to access document you are still prompted with the 'enter
network password' . If you cancel that the document does come up. Any other
suggestions. I have your book Jim...it is like a bible in my office!

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

Bug in Office 2000. Users must have at least SR1 installed for Office 2000
or Word 2000.
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Tom Pepper Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/frontpage
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[Jim Buyens]

Normally, security throughout a FrontPage Web site is uniform. So, if
the Word document is generating a password prompt, and content in the
rest of the site isn't, then the Word document might be accessing
content located outside the current site. This could be a template, a
graphic file, a database, or some VBA code, just to name a few
possibilities. In such a case, the Word file would download OK, but on
open, it would try to access some additional content that's protected.

Of course, if the host restricts browsing to certain file name
extensions (such as doc) that could account for the prompt as well.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*----------------------------------------------------
|\---------------------------------------------------
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
||---------------------------------------------------
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
|/---------------------------------------------------
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