URI
stands for Uniform Resource Identifier, used to uniquely identify a resource.
What is URI Scheme?
URI
scheme tells how to interpret given URI.
MSOffice
provides, office uri scheme, by using uri scheme commands, we can invoke office
applications.
URI Scheme syntax
<scheme-name>:<command-name>"|"<command-argument-descriptor>
"|"<command-argument>
Ex:
a.
Below uri scheme opens the document presented in local file system.
Open
run prompt and enter below url, if ms office is installed in your machine, it
opens the document.
ms-word:ofv|u|file:///C:\Users\krishna\Documents\testDoc.docx
b.
Below uri scheme opens the document presented in internet.
ms-word:ofv|u|http://sample.com/testDoc.docx
You
can write a html file like below to open the file using office uri schema.
uriHandle.html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Open Office URI</title> <script> function openURI() { var urlToLaunch = 'ms-word:ofv|u|file:///C:/Users/Krishna/Documents/testDoc.docx'; if (navigator.msLaunchUri) { navigator.msLaunchUri(urlToLaunch); } else { var win = (window.parent) ? window.parent : window; win.location.assign(urlToLaunch); } } </script> </head> <body onLoad='openURI()'> <a href='ms-word:ofv|u|file:///C:\Users\Krishna\Documents\testDoc.docx'>ClickMe</a> </body> </html>
Open
above html file in browser. For example, I opened above file in chrome browser.
Chrome browser prompts you with below kind of window, whether you want to open
the file or not.
Click
on the button ‘Open Word 2016’, it open the word document located in your
machine.
Analyze the syntax of
office uri scheme
<scheme-name>:<command-name>"|"<command-argument-descriptor>
"|"<command-argument>
|
Token
|
Description
|
|
<scheme-name>
|
Scheme
name specifies the office application to be invoked.
Ex:
ms-word : Specifies office word
application
ms-powerpoint : Specifies the ppt
application
|
|
:
|
Separate
the uri scheme and commands
|
|
<command-name>
|
Specifies
the action to be performed by the application.
Ex:
ofe (Open for Edit): Open the document
in edit mode
ofv (Open for View): Open the document
in view mode
nft (New from template) : Create a
file from given template
|
|
|
|
Separator
|
|
<command-argument-descriptor>
|
Add
extra information about what the command argument is about.
|
|
|
|
Separator
|
|
<command-argument>
|
It
vary depends on the command. For example, we can provide the uri (location of
the document)
|
For
ex: for the below uri scheme
ms-word:ofv|u|file:///C:/Users/krishna/Documents/testDoc.docx
<scheme-name>
: ms-word
<command-name>
: ofv
<command-argument-descriptor>
: u
Compact form of
Office Scheme
You
can also use the compact form of office uri scheme.
<scheme-name>:<command-argument>
Ex
ms-word:file:///C:\Users\krishna\Documents\testDoc.docx
Above
uri scheme open the document.
What are the uri
schemes implemented as part of Microsoft Office applications?
When
you install Microsoft Office, below uri schemes will be installed in your
machine.
Below
table summarizes the uri schemes comes as part of office installation.
|
URI Scheme
|
Description
|
|
ms-word
|
Office
documents like .doc, .docx
|
|
ms-powerpoint
|
Power
point (ppt) files
|
|
ms-excel
|
Excel
sheet (xls, xlsx)
|
|
ms-visio
|
Visio
files (.vsdx)
|
|
ms-access
|
Microsoft
access files
|
|
ms-project
|
Microsoft
project files
|
|
ms-publisher
|
Microsoft
publisher application files (.pub)
|
|
ms-spd
|
Microsoft
Sharepoint Designer files
|
|
ms-infopath
|
Info
path forms
|
Is there any
limitations in using uri scheme?
Yes,
you should consider below limitations while using office uri scheme.
a. File names must not
contain following characters \ / : ? < > | " or *.
b. The maximum command
argument (path length) length is 256 characters, for xls files it is 216
characters.
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