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OpenDocuments.ViewDocument Method

SharePoint 2010

Windows SharePoint Services 3

Published: May 2010

Opens the document for reading instead of editing, so that the document is not locked on the server.


expression.ViewDocument(bstrDocumentLocation, varProgID)

Parameters

expression

An expression that returns an OpenDocuments Control object.

bstrDocumentLocation

A string that contains the URL of the document to open for reading.

varProgID

An optional string that contains the ProgID of the application with which to open the document. If this argument is omitted, the default viewer for the document is used.

Return Value

true if the document was successfully opened; otherwise false.

Remarks

Use the ViewDocument method to open a document in its appropriate application, instead of inside of an application instance embedded within the browser.

Change History

Date	Description
May 2010	Initial publication

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