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  • icewalker@hotpop.com
    #1

    Opening a stream in Word with JS

    Hi

    I have been trying to open a new window in Word/OO Writer with JS
    using the following code (and numerous variations I could add...):
    tw = window.open('ab out:blank','');
    tw.document.wri teln('<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0
    Transitional//EN">');
    tw.document.wri teln('<HTML><HE AD>');
    tw.document.wri teln('Content-type: application/msword');
    tw.document.wri teln('</HEAD>');
    tw.document.wri teln('<BODY><FO RM method="POST">' );
    tw.document.wri teln('Hello earth');
    tw.document.wri teln('</FORM></BODY></HTML>');

    The new window opens OK, but in the browser. What am I missing? Thank
    you in advance.
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    • Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
      #2
      Re: Opening a stream in Word with JS

      icewalker@hotpo p.com wrote:
      I have been trying to open a new window in Word/OO Writer with JS
      using the following code (and numerous variations I could add...):
      tw = window.open('ab out:blank','');
      tw.document.wri teln('<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0
      Transitional//EN">');
      tw.document.wri teln('<HTML><HE AD>');
      tw.document.wri teln('Content-type: application/msword');
      tw.document.wri teln('</HEAD>');
      tw.document.wri teln('<BODY><FO RM method="POST">' );
      tw.document.wri teln('Hello earth');
      tw.document.wri teln('</FORM></BODY></HTML>');
      I would presume that is atrocious by any standard of any sentient species.
      Consider this instead:

      var tw = window.open('', 'popup');
      if (tw)
      {
      var d;
      if ((d = tw.document) && d.open && d.write && d.close)
      {
      d.open("text/html");
      d.write(
      '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"'
      + ' "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">'
      + '<HTML>'
      + '<BODY><FORM action="" method="POST">'
      + 'Hello Earth'
      + '<\/FORM><\/BODY><\/HTML>');
      d.close();
      }
      }
      The new window opens OK, but in the browser. What am I missing? [...]
      Isn't it obvious to you that a word processor is not a browser, that HTML is
      not HTTP, and that neither HTML or OO Writer are MS Word? And your
      generated markup is far from being Valid.

      In short: You don't have a single clue what you are doing.


      PointedEars
      --
      realism: HTML 4.01 Strict
      evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict
      madness: XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml
      -- Bjoern Hoehrmann

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        • David Mark
          #3
          Re: Opening a stream in Word with JS

          On Oct 30, 9:20 am, icewal...@hotpo p.com wrote:
          Hi
          >
          I have been trying to open a new window in Word/OO Writer with JS
          using the following code (and numerous variations I could add...):
          tw = window.open('ab out:blank','');
          tw.document.wri teln('<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0
          Transitional//EN">');
          Why transitional? Looks like a brand new document.
          tw.document.wri teln('<HTML><HE AD>');
          tw.document.wri teln('Content-type: application/msword');
          What is this supposed to do?

          [snip]

          What are you trying to do exactly? If you want a new Word window,
          launch a blank document (or template) with a type that is associated
          with Word (e.g. DOC, DOT.) Use the open method of the window object.

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