Launch Word from client side javascript [Applicatiol URL Protocol?]

Question

Hi all,

I'm working on a javascript front end site to run in the browser [Chrome], and I'd like to launch Word on the clients PC with their selected macros that have already been setup in Word for them.

My questions is does Office [and Word] create an Application URL Protocol [MSDN how to article] for itself when installing it?

For example, iTunes does this, with the url 'itmss://itunes.apple.com/us/app/123213213?mt=8' which, if the user has installed iTunes, will prompt them to open it.

Is there a Word equivalent protocol to itmss? Can I pass the macro names to it as parameters?

If there not an equivalent protocol, does anyone know how I might achieve something similar?

Thank you,

Kind Regards,

Gavin

Answer 1

Hello Gavin,

For assistance on how to launch Word from client side JavaScript, your query would be better addressed in the Word IT Pro Forum link mentioned below:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/word/threads

Thank you.

Answer 2

(I've posted this in the technet group also)

There isn't such a protocol, but it is possible to create one. 

The starting point is

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767916(v=VS.85).aspx

At least one other person who participates in these or the MSDN groups has done some of this:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/687d6338-3c8a-40b1-86cb-1be2ce1ea3ff/how-do-i-eleminate-the-warning-message-on-a-hyperlink-with-a-custom-protocol?forum=worddev

Answer 3

Will do.

Thank you very much.