Using Office Web Apps, Can you open a document via webdav?

Question

We\'re in the process of converting a legacy desktop application into a web enabled equivalent.

However one feature is causing difficulty, editing MS Word documents.

Answer 1

Yes, you can launch editing of MS Office documents from a web browser, using the sharepoint dll available in IE:

Eg

Set EditDocumentButton = CreateObject("SharePoint.OpenDocuments.3")
strDocument = 'http://localhost:8080' + strDocument; 
EditDocumentButton.EditDocument(strDocument)

If your server is running java you can use Milton (http://milton.io) to integrate directly into your business app and edit the document in place.