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Ric
Ric

Reputation: 13248

Open IManDocument in browser

I am using the WorkSite COM API to open an IMANEXT2Lib.IManFileOpenDlg which is working perfectly. Clicking on the document, I can retrieve the metadata, such as the document name, version, number etc.

Is there a method or technique available to read the document from WorkSite and prompt a download/open through a browser?

The IManage.IManDocument has the method GetCopy() available which will download a local copy to a specified directory, but this isn't really what I'm after.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2769

Answers (1)

G Davison
G Davison

Reputation: 1099

If the clients have Worksite 8.5 or greater, you can use the IWL protocol in a hyperlink to force the client to use the IWL handler to download and launch the file themselves instead of streaming it from the browser. This has the added benefit of respecting the document's permissions and checking the document out to the user so they can make amends to the file if required.

An IWL formatted anchor tag in a web browser would look like the following:

<a href="iwl:dms=DMSSERVERNAME&lib=DATABASENAME&num=DOCNUM&ver=VERSION&latest=1">Document x</a>

Note that this will only work if the clients have Worksite 8.5 or newer installed.

Upvotes: 5

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