Binary Stream opens in same frame instead of new window

[axiarich]

We have some doc mgt "lite" on our site. I basically have a window with
a button that opens the relevant document (Excel, PDF, etc.). The
button calls some javascript which basically performs a window open:

window.open('document.asp?item=' + intDoc,'_self', '');

I use '_self' so that the document.asp itself does not open a new
browser. the document.asp file basically retrieves the path and
displays the document via the ADODB Stream object:

select case vType
Case "DOC", "RTF"
Response.ContentType = "application/x-msword"
Case "PDF"
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf"
Case "XLS", "CSV"
Response.ContentType = "application/x-msexcel"
end select

set objStream = server.CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
objStream.Open
objStream.Type = adTypeBinary
objStream.LoadFromFile strFile

Response.BinaryWrite objStream.Read

For me and most every user, when we click the button on the original
page, we first get the "File Download" pop-up and then - assuming you
click Open - the document opens in a new window: Adobe for PDFs, Excel
for excel docs, etc. For one user, documents are not opening in a new
window, but rather in the original frame where the document button is
located.

Does anyone know if this is a browser setting? something I can control
in my code? This particular user is using IE 6 and Excel 2003 and Adobe
Reader 6.0.
Thanks!

 

[Anthony Jones]

We have some doc mgt "lite" on our site. I basically have a window with
a button that opens the relevant document (Excel, PDF, etc.). The
button calls some javascript which basically performs a window open:

window.open('document.asp?item=' + intDoc,'_self', '');

I use '_self' so that the document.asp itself does not open a new
browser. the document.asp file basically retrieves the path and
displays the document via the ADODB Stream object:

select case vType
Case "DOC", "RTF"
Response.ContentType = "application/x-msword"
Case "PDF"
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf"
Case "XLS", "CSV"
Response.ContentType = "application/x-msexcel"
end select

set objStream = server.CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
objStream.Open
objStream.Type = adTypeBinary
objStream.LoadFromFile strFile

Response.BinaryWrite objStream.Read

For me and most every user, when we click the button on the original
page, we first get the "File Download" pop-up and then - assuming you
click Open - the document opens in a new window: Adobe for PDFs, Excel
for excel docs, etc. For one user, documents are not opening in a new
window, but rather in the original frame where the document button is
located.

Does anyone know if this is a browser setting? something I can control
in my code? This particular user is using IE 6 and Excel 2003 and Adobe
Reader 6.0.
Thanks!

On your machine open Windows Explorer goto tools | folder options and the
File Types tab.
Scroll to and select xls then click the advanced button.
What is the state of the 'Browse in same window' check box? What about the
machine which has different behaviour?