The simplest way to open a document is to use a hyperlink.
<a href="my.doc">my document</a>
Then clicking the back button let you return to the previous page.
Or is there a special reason for using javascript?

Gerhard Wentink
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: sandra fernadez [mailto:sandra_fz@h...] 
>Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 4:36 PM
>To: javascript
>Subject: [javascript] how to open a word document
>
>
>
>  I am having a web based application from that application I 
>need to open 
>a word document inside the browser when I click a button.
>
>I tried this way.
>                     document.location = "my.doc"
>
>   the above command opens the word document inside the 
>browser but I am 
>not able to got to my application when I press back button on browser.
>
>
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>
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