Is there a way to disable WebDav when downloading word documents? I have a script that generates a word document and lets the user then view it/save it. However, when I serve the document, MsWord and Zope will find that they can communicate through WebDAV and Word will (sometimes) offer the user to save the document on Zope, which won't work because it is generated.
From: Mike Renfro [mailto:mwr@cae.tntech.edu]On Behalf Of Mike Renfro It can be disabled in general by using the -W flag (according to the zope-z2.py I have here)
Adding the flag of "-W -" should disable it. "-W portnumber" would put WebDAV on portnumber. I don't know of any way to disable it specifically for Word, though.
From: Chris Withers [mailto:chrisw@nipltd.com] ...or word will pop up an authentication box (yes, Word, not the browser ;-) so it can try and lock the file. I have a brutal monkey patch to fix this. Let me know if it would be helpful...
cheers,
Hi, Thanks for the reactions. I have been trying the -W - solution, but it did not seem to work. Word doesn't seem to mind (or does it remember the old settings). So how brutal is your solution, Chris? Douwe