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Matvey Ustinov2019-01-30 17:55:22
IIS
Matvey Ustinov, 2019-01-30 17:55:22

IIS - Is it possible to view MS Excel, Word documents directly in the browser?

Deployed IIS 7 server based on MS Windows Server 2008 R2.
Added a website to IIS. Specified the setting - allow directory browsing.
Task:
Add office files (xlsx, docx) to a directory, view the list of these files, and when you click on them, immediately view them in the browser.
Now when you click on a file, the browser offers to download / open.
Actually the question:
Is it possible to configure IIS in such a way that you can view .xlsx, .docx files directly in the browser, without downloading? No editing needed, just viewing.

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Dimonchik, 2019-01-30
@dimonchik2013

you can start here
https://www.webdavsystem.com/server/documentation/...
but it would be better to show an example
like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZD4QnZWQoc

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rPman, 2019-01-30
@rPman

Microsoft live office 365 has a cloud service for viewing and simplified editing of microsoft office documents in a browser, integrated with Microsoft's onedrive cloud file storage , for personal use, up to some limits (you need to study the issue) even free, there are business accounts and so on.
Works even on absolutely calculators - android tablets, without the need to configure the network infrastructure. Not fully functional, but if you don’t use something clumsily created, it works. Of course, external links in excell will not work so easily.
ps still google, html5 opensource microsoft document editor/viewer, or for example webodf, but then the documents should be to the standard...
I would advise you to first test on your documents and tasks, and only then invest.
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There is a step aside, if you only need to view, 'print' documents into pdf files (I looked, the same foxit pdf driver saves texts and not as a picture), and open them for viewing with any html5 pdf viewer. Convenient, easy, free.

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