topic Auto install IE plugin in QlikView

Auto install IE plugin

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Hi again

Can I set the system up so that if a user clicks a link to a qlikview report and don't have the IE plugin installed they automatically get the option to do so from the server?

Thanks

Auto install IE plugin

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:04:38 GMT

See the 'Qlikview Server Control Panel' options under the 'ASP' tab.

Regards,

Gordon

Auto install IE plugin

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:22:47 GMT

Where am I looking, there's no ASP tab on the Server management console and I can't see anything in Qlikview? Thanks.

Auto install IE plugin

Karl_Humma — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:35:29 GMT

There is a little trick. We deliver an opendoc_fix.htm since the option has been removed in 8. So if you rename your opendoc.htm to something like opendoc_noplugin.htm and the opendoc_fix.htm to opendoc.htm and it will prompt users to install plugin if they do not have it installed. This file is located in C:\Program Files\QlikView\Server\QvClients\QvPlugin folder.

/Karl

Auto install IE plugin

jasonseril — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:50:05 GMT

Hello Karl,

I tried this little trick but to no avail, it won't work. In the opendoc_fix.htm file there's some instruction to uncomment a line which contains "CLSID and CODEBASE". I changed the version number of the plugin to the current version in the folder, should I also change the CLSID of that particular plugin file? If so, how should I know and change the CLSID of that file.

Thanks in advance and more power!

Jason

Auto install IE plugin

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:08:48 GMT

the CLSID change with each major version change (it means plugin v8.* have all the same clsid and that it is different from v9.* plugin clsid)

a quick and easy way to find the clsid is to go to the registry, go to the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID" key, and search for the string "QlikOCX.ocx". You'll go to a registry key named something like "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{????????-????-????-????-????????????}\InprocServer32". The {????????-????-????-????-????????????} part is the clsid of the plugin.

Auto install IE plugin

Karl_Humma — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:50:13 GMT

I'm sorry I never got back to you on this one. Did jgeorge's explaination help? If not let me know.

/Karl

Auto install IE plugin

jasonseril — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:05:11 GMT

Thanks jgeorge for the information.

Ok, dont worry karl, i'm testing it right now. i will just post here what's the result. thanks again.

jason

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jasonseril — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:00:40 GMT

hello karl, i tried again all the instructions in your post, bust still the same, it didn;t worked. I changed the CLSID corresponding to the qvpluginsetup.exe and accessed qvw files at the AP, please check the image below for the result.

accordingly it should automatically install the ie plugin in the users when the qvw is clicked. maybe i missed something else in configuring. thanks in advance.

regards,

jason

Auto install IE plugin

Karl_Humma — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:22:11 GMT

Actually, my explanation only works in v8. I don't think we have a mechanism to auto install in v9. I will figure it out. Previously, in 8, it used the opendoc.htm to open the qvw's but now in 9 we want everything going through the AccessPoint. The AccessPoint uses the AccessPoint.aspx to open the doc's but there really doesn't seem to be any place in here to shove the autoinstall code. I will see what I can dig up and get back to you.

/Karl

Auto install IE plugin

jasonseril — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:29:14 GMT

Hello Karl,

I would like to follow up if you were able to dig up some information on autoinstall code in QV9? I also have another question on the qvplugin.exe files location once this is installed? What are are the filenames and its location, where can we find these files?

Can you recommend another way to have an autoinstall of the ie plugin? Thanks and more power!

regards,

jason

Auto install IE plugin

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:38:43 GMT

the qlikview plugin consists of an OCX file, dll containing culture-dependant component, and help files

after installation they are located in the QlikOcx directory of your QlikView installation directory

Auto install IE plugin

jasonseril — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:04:18 GMT

Thanks jgeorge.

Do you know how to automatically install qvplugin.exe?

Auto install IE plugin

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:44:32 GMT

sorry i have absolutely no idea about how to auto-install it

Auto install IE plugin

Karl_Humma — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:13:39 GMT

Hey everyone this is fixed in SR3 file called opendoc_fix.htm under C:\Program Files\QlikView\Server\QvClients\QvPlugin

remove the <-- --> and replace the opendoc.htm and you get auto install of plugin back I just fixed it on http://demo.qlik.com if you do not have a v9 plugin client installed you will see:

Verifying Plugin version...

and it will prompt to auto install. You can of course click no and then it will show the link in the page, as it used to work.

/Karl

Auto install IE plugin

vgutkovsky — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:50:09 GMT

Actually, I have it installed already and the demo site is still prompting me to install. Could it be because I have the SR2 version and not SR3?

Auto install IE plugin

Karl_Humma — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:31:48 GMT

DOH! yep I have lowered it to .7257 (SR1)

Auto install IE plugin

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:30:50 GMT

Dear Karl,

I want to make my 8.5 version server auto prompt for plugin download. Your explanations did not fix my problem on 8.5 version. Do you have any other suggestion to fix the problem.

Hope to hear you soon.

Best Regards,

Auto install IE plugin

Karl_Humma — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:04:26 GMT

In 8.5 it is a little bit different. It should just be a matter of going into C:\Program Files\QlikView\Server\QvClients\QvPlugin and renaming the opendoc.htm to opendoc.old (or something like that) and renaming opendoc_fix.htm to opendoc.htm . You might have to restart IIS in order for the settings to go through.

Before saving the opendoc_fix.htm to opendoc.htm be sure to uncomment the following line at the bottom:

<!--

Uncomment this section and change version if necessary to get automatic plugin installation

-->

This should set up the auto install for you. If for some reason you are not getting prompted make sure your IE browser security settings are not blocking it.

/Karl

Auto install IE plugin

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:30:59 GMT

This work from 9 SR1.