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How to display Google Docs Spreadsheet

Asked by Dominic Threlfall

I want to display the following web page in the time line

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtCj5f1ZBCOAdFRnOVNPbzdwMGlvZEpNdWtYUGxYdmc#gid=1

It appears in the Layout Design (as the webpage), but the Client (Windows 1.3.3) just has a blank/white page.

Am I missing something??

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Dan Garner (dangarner) said : 		#1

Can you open that link in Internet Explorer in your client PC?

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Dominic Threlfall (dom-pebley) said : 		#2

yes - all works fine

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Josef Biehler (gabbersepp) said : 		#3

I have tested it with the client 1.2 and it works fine with your page.
Maybe i will setup a 1.3 environment and test it again.

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Josef Biehler (gabbersepp) said : 		#4

Seems that the 1.3 client have this issue because it uses Frames to load a page:

                    // Load an IFRAME into the DocumentText
                    string iframe = "<html><body style='margin:0; border:0;'><iframe style='margin-left:-" + offsetLeft.ToString() + "px; margin-top:-" + offsetTop.ToString() + "px;' scrolling=\"no\" width=\"" + (options.width + offsetLeft).ToString() + "px\" height=\"" + (options.height + offsetTop).ToString() + "px\" src=\"" + _filePath + "\"></body></html>";
                    webBrowser.DocumentText = iframe;

The older version 1.2 use a real redirect:;

                    // Navigate
                    webBrowser.Navigate(this.filePath);

And Google Documents simply doesn't allow theire pages beeing displayed in frames.

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Josef Biehler (gabbersepp) said : 		#5

but i don't know much about google docs. maybe there are security options you can deactivate to avoid this message?

Take a look at http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/docs/documents/MramTev-03Y

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Dominic Threlfall (dom-pebley) said : 		#6

Thanks for having a look, I had used offset so did not get the "iframe" messages.

I have made it "Public" as opposed to "anyone with the link"

That sorted it.

Regards

Dom

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Dominic Threlfall (dom-pebley) said : 		#7

I was mistaken, it did not work, but my colleagues have switched it over to Skydrive - Microsoft which does work.

Thanks

Dom

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Dan Garner (dangarner) said : 		#8

Ah, perhaps it is being a little arbitrary with the use of frames - it only really needs to do that if there is an offset involved.

Have submitted a bug for fixing in the 1.4 RC.