On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 11:45, Walter Klust <walter.kl...@elego.de> wrote: > On 23.03.2012 13:41, markus.lieb...@t-systems.com wrote: >> >> We have the following problem in using Subversion (currently version >> 1.6.15): >> >> * I open the Windows Internet Explorer 8.0 >> * I enter there the URL to our Subversion repository: >> https://our.company.com/svn/REPO/trunk/docs >> <https://our.company.com/svn/REPO/trunk/docs> >> * I have to login with my credentials (user ID and password). >> * I am able to navigate up and down the hierarchy of directories. The >> credentials are stored in the session, and are >> not asked again. >> * Every time I try to open an Office document (PPT, XLS, DOC), I see the >> following happening: >> >> * The windows download / open dialog is opened >> * When I press open, there comes a popup that asks for my credentials >> again. It is not the one of the browser, but of >> >> the application that the document belongs to. The icon of that popup is >> also the one of the application. >> * I see in the background a window that shows the whole URL in a dialog. >> The dialog is named “Open” (German: Öffnen), >> >> and has only the button “Cancel”. >> * I then enter my credentials or approve the cached ones and press then >> “OK”. >> * This popup comes then 3 times, with the same contents. >> * After the last one, the Office document is opened. >> >> * I have asked our admins and they told me that they think that the IE8 >> tries to establish a WebDAV connection, which >> >> fails 3 times. Then the office document is downloaded as normally. >> * This does not happen with any other browser: Firefox, Chrome, Opera, >> Sarari are all ok, even Internet Explorer 6.0 is. >> >> >> This happens only with Windows 7 (not sure about 64 bit only), and >> Internet Explorer 8. It has nothing to do with the >> client version of Subversion. >> I have 2 questions: >> >> 1. What is the reason for this behavior? >> 2. Is there anything we can do (server or client side) to fix that >> behavior? >> >> >> Thank you a lot >> Bye >> Markus Liebelt >> -- >> mailto:markus.lieb...@t-systems.com <mailto:markus.lieb...@t-systems.com> > > > > I had a problem with the IE behaving very strange when trying to download MS > Office documents (docx, xlsx) from a subversion server; it downloaded them > as zip files instead. The fix was to add the subversion server to the > trusted sites in the IE settings: Tools->Internet Options, Tab Security > Its a wild guess but maybe this helps with your problem too.
Do you have svn:mime-type set appropriately (application/msword, application/msexcel) on those files? The "new" MS Office file formats *are* ZIP files (rename them & check it out). If you set svn:mime-type on those files, IE should handle them properly.
