Viewing Word Docs in HTMLView?

[robinsiebler]

IEView would let you view Word Docs. Does HTMLView do the same?

[Horst.Epp]

Yes, it does.
Edit the ini file and add the extension doc to the web files definition.

[robinsiebler]

I had just copied in the old section from IEView, i.e. word=.doc. That didn't work, but when I added it to the HTML extension line, it worked.

[Boofo]

Will that also work for docx files from Office 2007?

[Postkutscher]

Neither doc, nor docx or other non-html file.

from history.txt

HTMLView
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1.0 (05.05.2006)
- All non-html functionality removed
- Toolbar
- Keys added: [Hotkeys]->TypingTranslationHotkeys, [options]->UseDefaultBrowser, [options]->ShowToolbar

unlike ieview , htmlview doesn`t allow additional filetypes, only htm, mht etc.

[Boofo]

I thought they said above that doc files would work.

[Postkutscher]

I think Horst.Epp has overlooked something in the question. Anyway he is not right.

[Boofo]

Ok, thank you for clarifying that.

[robinsiebler]

I'm able to view word docs in HTMLView now. I haven't ried Excel or PowerPoint, but I imagine they will work as well.

[Boofo]

Do they view the same as they do in Word? And what version of HTMLView are you using?

[robinsiebler]

They look the same as they did in IEView. Or like they would in Word if you saved the file as an HTML file instead of a doc.

[Boofo]

Ahh, OK. So they don't look like actual DOC files would in Word then. Why not get the Office plugin for lister then? It will show DOC files like they should.

[Horst.Epp]

I think Horst.Epp has overlooked something in the question. Anyway he is not right.

Sorry but I'm right !
The question was if HTMLview can view doc files, the answer is YES.
Using the the files known by IE it can view anything for which an Active X function is there. And they look as they look in Word for example.
I'm not expecting more for a View / Qiock View function.

[Postkutscher]

2Horst.Epp
Yes, you are right. I`m sorry. I beg your pardon. I was mistaken by the following sentence from the history of plugin "All non-html functionality removed".

Where you know about *.doc from? I cannot find not a one word about this possibility in readme. I have made some tests and surprised: htmlview can show *.pdf, but cannot *.djvu. Why? IeView can them both.

[Boofo]

2Postkutscher
I'm not getting it to view PDF files. When I open one in lister, it shows the download box from IE.