Load Microsoft documents -- UIWebView

[mpek]

Hey Folks --

Am trying to load an excel/ppt/word file in my UIWebView. Am downloading the file into NSData Object and then invoking the "loadData" method on UIWebview.

Below is the code :
[webView loadData:documentData MIMEType:[self getMIMEType:documentURL] textEncodingName:@"UTF-8" baseURL:[NSURL URLWithString:fName]];

The getMIMEType -- returns the mime type depending on the file extension.
Not sure what value needs to go to "baseURL" parameter.

My files are not locally stored and are pulled down from remote servers (across the internet).


Anyway, PDFs load beautifully. But, no excel, word or ppt. It throws an error -- as it invokes the "didFailLoadWithError" delegate method of UIWebView.

on a side note, has anyone figured an approach to handle flash files in an app ?

Can someone help please ??

Cheers

Mayur

[mnemonic_fx]

UIWebView could not load those files, and also it could not load flash.

For loading word or excel, you can look up "Docs" app, but this is not an official app.

Since it's not, maybe the source code is out there somewhere, if they distribute it.

[mpek]

Originally Posted by mnemonic_fx

UIWebView could not load those files, and also it could not load flash.

For loading word or excel, you can look up "Docs" app, but this is not an official app.

Since it's not, maybe the source code is out there somewhere, if they distribute it.

Thanks for responding.

But, how does Safari load those type of documents ? -- doesn't it use the same class (UIWebView) ...


Cheers --

Mayur

[mnemonic_fx]

Nope, never seen safari load excel or ppt, or word, if it does, maybe it's using private API.

[mpek]

Originally Posted by mnemonic_fx

Nope, never seen safari load excel or ppt, or word, if it does, maybe it's using private API.

Found this
Technical Q&A QA1630: Using UIWebView to display select document types

although, it does not answer my question -- as its using "loadRequest"

Cheers

Mayur

[mnemonic_fx]

Oh, never realized that.

Well it's using fileURLWithPath:, so it's referring to the local file path, loadRequest will accept any NSURL object from any source.

I think your problem is with your data provided from your server. It may not conform to the right file format, when it's received on the client.

[mpek]

Originally Posted by mnemonic_fx

Oh, never realized that.

Well it's using fileURLWithPath:, so it's referring to the local file path, loadRequest will accept any NSURL object from any source.

I think your problem is with your data provided from your server. It may not conform to the right file format, when it's received on the client.

any suggestions guys ??

[Mugunth Kumar]

I too have this problem...
Frame load interrupted error while loading a word document in UIWebView - Stack Overflow

My case is that, not *all* documents fail to load.

Originally Posted by mpek

Hey Folks --

Am trying to load an excel/ppt/word file in my UIWebView. Am downloading the file into NSData Object and then invoking the "loadData" method on UIWebview.

Below is the code :
[webView loadData:documentData MIMEType:[self getMIMEType:documentURL] textEncodingName:@"UTF-8" baseURL:[NSURL URLWithString:fName]];

The getMIMEType -- returns the mime type depending on the file extension.
Not sure what value needs to go to "baseURL" parameter.

My files are not locally stored and are pulled down from remote servers (across the internet).


Anyway, PDFs load beautifully. But, no excel, word or ppt. It throws an error -- as it invokes the "didFailLoadWithError" delegate method of UIWebView.

on a side note, has anyone figured an approach to handle flash files in an app ?

Can someone help please ??

Cheers

Mayur

[wolverine]

Originally Posted by mpek

any suggestions guys ??

I was able to load .xls,.ppt as well as .pdf file in UIWebView after i loaded them into my application as Resources. If u ppl got the answer pls reply. Otherwise i will post my code for that.

[thearora]

Hi wolverine,

I cant view docx and xlsx files inUIWebview , please send your code here or on my mail ID: thearora@yahoo.co.in

Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by wolverine

I was able to load .xls,.ppt as well as .pdf file in UIWebView after i loaded them into my application as Resources. If u ppl got the answer pls reply. Otherwise i will post my code for that.

[thearora]

Hi All,

I am able to access all above mentioned extension, so any one want sample code for that mail me on thearora@yahoo.co.in

[aanchal]

Originally Posted by wolverine

I was able to load .xls,.ppt as well as .pdf file in UIWebView after i loaded them into my application as Resources. If u ppl got the answer pls reply. Otherwise i will post my code for that.

Hi,

Can you please send me the sample project/code ?

My e-mail is userfacebook999@gmail.com

Thank you !

aanchal

[dany_dev]

Originally Posted by aanchal

Hi,

Can you please send me the sample project/code ?

My e-mail is userfacebook999@gmail.com

Thank you !

aanchal

you don't need to ask for sourcecode, this can be achieved with 3 lines of code.

see this tutorial
iPhone Coding ? Learning About UIWebViews by Creating a Web Browser | iPhone Programming Tutorials

and replace the code in viewDidLoad with

- (void)viewDidLoad 
{
   [super viewDidLoad ];

   NSString *pdfPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"fileName" ofType:@"pdf"];
   NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithStringdfPath];
   NSURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
   [webView loadRequest:urlRequest];
}

you can load in the same mode, ppt, doc, etc...

[aanchal]

Originally Posted by dany_dev

you don't need to ask for sourcecode, this can be achieved with 3 lines of code.

see this tutorial
iPhone Coding ? Learning About UIWebViews by Creating a Web Browser | iPhone Programming Tutorials

and replace the code in viewDidLoad with

- (void)viewDidLoad 
{
   [super viewDidLoad ];

   NSString *pdfPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"fileName" ofType:@"pdf"];
   NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithStringdfPath];
   NSURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
   [webView loadRequest:urlRequest];
}

you can load in the same mode, ppt, doc, etc...

Hi,

Thanks for your response.

I am able to open .doc, .ppt, .pdf files in UIWebView. I want code for open .xls file in UIWebView.

Thanks.

[dany_dev]

UIWebView should read xls in the same manner of pdf, doc, ppt, etc...just change the file name