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I want to replicate the behavior of opening a office template file (e.g. .dotx).

The link should allow the user to create a new document with no attachment to a SharePoint library based on a document/template stored in a SharePoint library.

Cheers,

JJ

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This was not as easy as i first expected but here is my solution:

This block opens the new document with the designated libray as default savelocation:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
 <body>
  <a href="javascript:;" onclick="CoreInvoke('createNewDocumentWithRedirect2', event, 'http://mysite.local/project/TempLib/template.docx', 'http://mysite.local/project/Doclib', 'SharePoint.OpenDocuments', false, 0, true, 0);"><h2 class="ms-rteElement-H2B">New Document</h2></a>
 </body>
</html>

Leave the savelocation empty and the user will be promptet to select a location manually i.e. the solution I was looking for initially:

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
 <body>
  <a href="javascript:;" onclick="CoreInvoke('createNewDocumentWithRedirect2',event, 'http://mysite.local/project/TempLib/template.docx', '', 'SharePoint.OpenDocuments', false, 0, true, 0);"><h2 class="ms-rteElement-H2B">New Document</h2></a>
 </body>
</html>
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  • In my testing I found that the first 0 argument you have should reference _layouts/15/CreateNewDocument.aspx?id=/path/to/template.docx, the second 0 should be 1 and a final argument ms-word is rquired, as per this MSDS thread.
    – Jonathan Holvey
    Commented Apr 19, 2017 at 0:10
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You can force the "download a copy" functionality by forging a link like this:

http://yoursite/_layouts/download.aspx?SourceUrl=url-to-document
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  • This approach seems to be the suggested solution when googeling but in my setup it won't fly due to access restrictions.
    – Fubzot
    Commented Apr 30, 2014 at 14:15
  • @Fubzot what do you mean? application pages in _layouts folder are accessible to all users. The Download a copy link you see on the ECB menu calls the download.aspx page
    – MdMazzotti
    Commented Apr 30, 2014 at 15:32
  • You are probably right, and I must admit I do not recall the specifics. Regardless I was unable to do it this way and thanks again for your suggestion.
    – Fubzot
    Commented May 1, 2014 at 18:59
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There is a javascript function which allows this. See answer to this question Sharepoint Site with Excel Sheet Template for Users to create New Sheets

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  • Thanks for the suggestion however i couldent get createNewDocumentWithProgID to produce the required behavior. However this lead me to stumble upon: createNewDocumentWithRedirect2 wich for my purpose does the trick.
    – Fubzot
    Commented Apr 30, 2014 at 14:19
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This worked for me.

<a onclick="CoreInvoke('createNewDocumentWithProgIDEx',event,                             
'https://Site/sites/Test/Business%20Memorandums/Forms/template.dotx', 
'https://Site/sites/Test/Business%20Memorandums', 
'SharePoint.OpenDocuments', 
false, 'ms-word')" href="#">New Document</a>
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