Setting Up Office Web Components on the Server

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Data access pages require the Office Web Components on the client to work properly. The Microsoft Office 2000 Setup program automatically installs the Web Components.

If a user has not installed Office 2000 and your organization owns an Enterprise agreement for Office 2000, the components automatically load from the corporate intranet the first time a page calls for them.

If the components are not installed, the Web page still loads. However, in the regions of the page where you should see interactive components, you will see a watermark. Clicking the watermark launches the installation program again and makes it possible for users install the components on demand.

For more information about the Office Web Components, see the following Web resources:

• Office Server Extensions and Web Components Functionality and Scenarios at http://www.microsoft.com/office/enterprise/deployment/OSEFnSce.htm.
  
  
• Requirements for Office Web Components at http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2000/one/05t2_3.htm.
  
  
• Managing Office Web Components at http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2000/five/70t2_8.htm.
  
  
• Other Office 2000 deployment technical articles, at http://www.microsoft.com/office/enterprise/deployment/default.htm.

To enable automatic downloading from a data access page

1. Open a data access page in Design view.
   
   
2. Select Tools, then Options, then General, and click Web Options.
   
   
3. On the Files tab, select the Download Office Web Components option, and verify that Location is set to file:msowc.cab.
   
   
4. Click OK twice to close the Options dialog box.

Administrators can turn this behavior off or change the download location by setting this option during the Profile wizard step of the Office Administrators Installation. For more details, see the Office Resource Kit documentation.