Word Documents and the WebBrowser Control

[Negative0]

I am loading a word document into the web browser control using code like this:

WebBrowser1.Navigate("C:\Docs\Test Documents\Test.doc")

When I do this, everything works fine and the user can use all of the toolbars.

However, if after I do that, I then open word outside of my app, all of the toolbars in the word document in my app become disabled.

I have done some searching and found other people have had this issue and this MS article mentions similar symptoms, but offers no solution.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243058/

Has anyone seen this before or found any way around it?

[ForumAccount]

Out of curiosity, when you close Word that you opened outside of your app, does it re-enable the toolbars?

[Negative0]

Out of curiosity, when you close Word that you opened outside of your app, does it re-enable the toolbars?

Good question. No it does not.

[ForumAccount]

I found this, I'm not sure whether if it will work for you:

I have got an easier option:
Problem 1: toolbar buttons disabled when user loads word outside your application
Cause : this is due to the fact that the application is changing normal.dot
solution: bind the application to a different normal.dot

[Negative0]

Hmmm... How can I do that loading it in a webbrowser though? I have no control over which normal.dot the document is going to load.