FFWinPlugin.ViewDocument

Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 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 FFWinPlugin object.

bstrDocumentLocation

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

varProgID

An optional string that contains the programmatic identifier (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 an application instance that is embedded in the browser.

See Also

Reference

OpenDocuments.ViewDocument Method