Installing and Configuring HTML Transformation Service (Optional) (Windows SharePoint Services 2.0)

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The Internet Platform and Operations group installed the Microsoft Office HTML Transformation Service to enable users to view Office documents on a computer without Office 97 or later applications installed. By using this service, Windows SharePoint Services can transform the Office document into HTML and let the user view the document in a browser. You can use any productivity program and HTML viewer service that is compatible with Windows SharePoint Services.

For performance considerations, the Internet Platform and Operations group set up the Office HTML Transformation Service on a dedicated back-end server. To install the Office HTML Transformation Service, you need to download and install the service from the SharePoint Products and Technologies Web site. You also need access to the Office Professional Edition 2003 setup files.

Install Office HTML Transformation Service

  1. Open a command prompt.

  2. Type C:\>\Office_Professional_Setup\setup.exe transforms=\HTML_Transformation_Service\Eng11Pro_Bypass_Ship.mst, replacing Office_Professional_Setup with the path to the Office 2003 Professional setup files and HTML_Transformation_Service with the path to the folder to which you installed the Office HTML Transformation Service.

  3. In the folder you chose for the installation folder for the Office HTML Transformation Service, double-click Htmltrbackend.msi. This installs and starts the following two services:

    • Microsoft Office 2003 HTML Viewer Load Balancing Service

    • Office HTML Viewer Service

  4. If one or both of the services do not start, do the following:

    1. Click Start, click All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services.

    2. Right-click the service that did not start, and then click Start.

Configure an HTML viewer server

  1. On the first front-end Web server, click Start, click All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.

  2. In the Server Configuration section, click Configure HTML Viewer.

  3. Select the Allow HTML viewing check box.

  4. In the Path to HTML Viewer server box, type the path to the server. For this deployment, it is https://trs101.

  5. Click OK.

  6. To test the Office HTML Viewer Service, use a computer without Office installed to open an Office document from your site. Windows SharePoint Services should transform the document into HTML and render it in the browser.