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Bug 357874

Summary: SWT Ole: Windows 7 64-bit issue - MSWord documents are opened in new window.
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Shyam <patel.shyam>
Component: SWTAssignee: Platform-SWT-Inbox <platform-swt-inbox>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: eclipse.felipe, Stuart.Pond
Version: 3.6   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 7   
Whiteboard: stalebug
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Description Flags
Application which uses SWT Ole to render an MSWord document. none

Description Shyam CLA 2011-09-15 16:11:43 EDT 
Build Identifier: I20100608-0911

This issue *only* occurs on 64-bit runtime.  I cannot duplicate it using 32-bit runtime.

Basically, when using SWT Ole to render an MSWord document, it is popping up a new, external window in order to render the document.   If we try excel, powerpoint, etc...it all works fine, this is only an issue with MSWord on the 64-bit runtime.

**Please note, that we have applied the Microsoft registry fix, to enable embedding MS Office documents in IE.
I have attached a snippet for testing it out.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
prereq - use the 64-bit runtime!
1. Execute the snippet i attach to this bug.
2. A file browser will open, choose an .docx file, click OK.
Result: a new, external window opens and renders the document, instead of it being embedded in the application window.  If you use the 32-bit runtime, the document is rendered withing the application window.
Comment 1 Shyam CLA 2011-09-15 16:12:22 EDT 
Created attachment 203450 [details]
Application which uses SWT Ole to render an MSWord document.
Comment 2 Shyam CLA 2011-09-19 15:30:55 EDT 
Here is the registry fix from Microsoft which I mentioned in my bug report:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927009

This fix enables the Office applications to be embedded in IE.  It must be installed in order to properly test this issue.
Comment 3 Felipe Heidrich CLA 2011-09-19 16:32:45 EDT 
SWT is not doing anything different for 64 bits, I suspect this is a bug in Office.
Comment 4 Felipe Heidrich CLA 2011-09-19 16:35:05 EDT 
ops, I didn't mean to close the bug.
Comment 5 Lars Vogel CLA 2019-11-14 03:20:06 EST 
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

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