open MS Word doc from JSP page

[manjumurthy]

Hi all,
on click of a link, i need to open a word document in MS word.
However it opens in IE with a word sort of look.

How do i enforce that the word doc opens in MS Word and not in IE.

I am working with JSP's running on Tomcat
I tried using the following code:

Set Word2 = CreateObject("word.application")
Set mail = Word2.Documents.Open("C:\WorkFlow Product Requirements.doc")
Word2.Visible = True

my CreateObject fails.
i have no idea as to what needs to be done.

need help

[Brett_Tabke]

I don't think you can force a user to do that. There are security implications to attempting that. PDF would be the only solution.