DavLink

Note

This document is obsolete because Java is no longer supported in browsers. DavLink is now done using custom URL protocols.

DavLink is an applet that launches the client's desktop's office application, passing it the URL of a webdav file as command line argument.

There is a public demo page at http://test-eidreader.lino-framework.org/

• Supported Office suites: Microsoft, OpenOffice, LibreOffice

• Supported client platforms: Windows, Unix

DavLink is published and maintained as a standalone code repository on GitHub. The documentation is here as a part of the Lino project.

DavLink is actively being used since 2011 as a solution for https://gitlab.com/lino-framework/lino/blob/master/docs/tickets/45.

• How to use DavLink
  • Trying it using a self-signed certificate
  • Compile the .java file into a signed .jar file
• Configuring your client for using DavLink
  • Testing

Thanks to

• FilenameFilter

• Inspiration for traversal()

  Methods with variable arguments: http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2004/04/19/varargs.html

  List all the drives ("roots paths") on Windows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa988512(v=vs.80).aspx

  Recursive file listing http://www.javapractices.com/topic/TopicAction.do?Id=68

  Preferences API http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/prefs/Preferences.html

  API for Java SE: http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/

Alternatives

• Element IT's OfficeOpen control

• WebDAV Launcher