never realized this was such a problem
this was the best i could locate.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms531432.aspx


Justin

"Andy Fish" <ajfish@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> sorry for the blatent cross-posting but but there doesn't seem to be a
> webdav group anywhere.
>
> when I create webdav entries in "my network places" the URL shown is just
> a normal http url. if you click on it, it shows up in IE as webdav, but if
> you just type the same URL into IE it shows as a web page. There seems to
> be some magic going on behind the scenes so that explorer/IE knows the
> difference.
>
> my problem is this: inside a web application, I want to open up a word
> document at a specific url, but this must be done by webdav, not by a
> standard HTTP GET
>
> is there any way of doing this? maybe some javascript jiggery pokery or
> HTTP header i can send?
>
> failing that, let's assume I have a something installed in windows that
> wants to launch a word document as webdav. is there any way of achieving
> that ?
>
> sorry if I have got the terminology wrong but I'm sure you know what I am
> trying to achieve
>
> Andy
>
>