Launch an explorer window, go to 'Tools\Folder Options' then 'File Types' tab. Locate 'DOC' extension. Click advanced. "Confirm open after download" should be checked.

FileDownload is rather weird for me. I couldn't even make it evident it's raised. Also I remember it has some error but hard to locate such docs again. As far as I remember it was about it was listing 2 bCancel parameters and event was not raised properly (in .NET?).
Neither using your code directly or editing mine it's not working for me:( I get the dialog consistently (unless uncheck 'Confirm...' or 'Always ask ...').

Cetin


>Cetin,
>
>>It might be unintentionally you unchecked "Always ask before ..."?
>
>No, I haven't.
>
>UPDATE
>I tried do do a file open (.doc file) in IE and it didn't show the dialog, instead it openned Word in its own window while IE kept showing a blank page.
>
>Maybe I unchecked that option, unintentionally as you said. How can I verify this, and if I uncheched, check it again?
>ENDUPDATE
>
>UPDATE 2
>I entered IE and navigated to a web page where I knew there is a .doc download and clicked in the link to download the .doc file. IE showed the "open/save" dialog.
>ENDUPDATE 2
>
>In my tests it has to do with issuing a DoEvents before the Navigate2.
>
>In this 1st case it load many times without showing the dialog:
>

>        Procedure cmdLoad.Click
>*                 ------- -----
>                  DoEvents
>
>                  ThisForm.oleBrowserWin.Navigate2 (cLoadFileName)
>        EndProc
>

>In this other case it doesn't show the dialog box in the first time you press the Load buttom, but show it from the 2nd time on:
>

>        Procedure cmdLoad.Click
>*                 ------- -----
>*                 DoEvents
>
>                  ThisForm.oleBrowserWin.Navigate2 (cLoadFileName)
>        EndProc
>

>I changed the program in order it to ask the file name, and it can load a .doc, .xls, .htm etc, without showing the dialog box:
>

>        Procedure cmdLoad.Click
>*                 ------- -----
>                  cLoadFileName = GetFile ("", "File Name:", "Select")
>
>                  If Empty (cLoadFileName)
>                     Return
>                  endif
>
>                  ThisForm.Caption = Lower (cLoadFileName)
>
>                  DoEvents
>
>                  ThisForm.oleBrowserWin.Navigate2 (cLoadFileName)
>        EndProc
>

>Really strange, or the documentation has something missing or there is a bug in the FileDownload event behavior.
>
>Regards,
>
>Fernando
>
>
>
>
>>Fernando,
>>On my system newer versions of both IE and Word (IE SP2: 6.0.2900.... SP2, Word: 10.4219.4219 SP2). VFP6 SP5,7 SP1,8 SP1.
>>It might be unintentionally you unchecked "Always ask before ..."?
>>Cetin
>>
>>>Cetin,
>>>
>>>Interesting, it really is working for me.
>>>
>>>Don't know if it helps:
>>>
>>>IE 6.0.2800.1106 xpsp2
>>>Word 2002 (10.2627.2625)
>>>VFP 8.0 SP1
>>>
>>>and you're right, according to the documentation, "when Cancel is true it doesn't ask but it doesn't open either".
>>>
>>>bCancel Boolean that specifies whether to continue the download process and display the download dialog.
>>>
>>>false Default. Continue with the download process and display download dialog.
>>>
>>>true Cancel the download process.
>>>
>>>Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/browser/webbrowser/reference/events/filedownload.asp
>>>
>>>Fernando
>>>
>>>>Good if working for you. Didn't work for me. I actually tried FileDownload before and when Cancel is true it doesn't ask but it doesn't open either (and should be like that according to documentation).
>>>>Cetin