Appendix A. Microsoft and Windows Tips

Since so much of the deployed base of end-user operating systems is Windows, applications designers naturally may take Windows tools into account more than others. There seem to be more WebDAV-related tools somehow related to Microsoft or Windows than otherwise. In any case, some of this information can be adapted to other platforms with a little research.

This appendix provides some random tool information, tips, and tricks to help administrators, application developers, and tech support.

Supporting Legacy Windows Applications

Some users are stuck using older applications that don't (and never will) support WebDAV. Yet they may need to use these applications to edit documents stored on the repository. There's ...

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