Hi,

I have an application that allows the site manager to upload a word document which he wants displayed to the site users.
The upload works fine however the display doesn't work. It works for txt, images and html but not for .doc files. When I want to diplay a word document it jumps to the catch phrase.

Below is the code (text refers to the file name that is stored in the db).


    If Path.GetExtension(text) = ".doc" Or Path.GetExtension(text) = ".txt" Or Path.GetExtension(text) = ".html" Or Path.GetExtension(text) = ".htm" Then



            Dim f As Integer = FreeFile()

             Try



                  If Path.GetExtension(text) = ".doc" Or Path.GetExtension(text) = ".txt" Or Path.GetExtension(text) = ".html" Or Path.GetExtension(text) = ".htm" Then

                     FileOpen(f, Server.MapPath("../lawImages/" & text), OpenMode.Input)

                        End If



             Dim myHTML = InputString(f, LOF(f))

               FileClose(f)



               Return "<TD vAlign=""middle"" align=""center"" width=""50px"" height=""50px"">" & myHTML & ""





             Catch

             Return "<div align=center><Img src=""../images/police.jpg "" id=""img"" height=""50"" width=""50""></div>"

             End Try

       Else



            Return text

           End If






I also tried the following code but it also shows garbage of the word document:


    'Set the appropriate ContentType.

        Response.ContentType = "application/msword"

        'Get the physical path to the file.

        Dim FilePath As String = Server.MapPath("../lawImages/" & text)

        'Write the file directly to the HTTP output stream.

        Response.WriteFile(FilePath)

        Response.End()

It might be easier all round if you just have a frame (or IFrame) sat next to your menu that points to the specified file. If you point a frame to a word document, Internet Explorer will open Word and display it within that frame.

<frame src="http://www.myserver.com/uploadedfiles/WordFile.doc">

If you then point this frame to a text file or HTML file, they will both be displayed properly

(this all depends on the clients computer however, they must have Word installed and have it set to open in the browser!)