When interacting with our WebApp, there are three options for "reading" any secured file:

  1. Download - save a copy of the selected file(s) to your workstation
  2. Browser View - view the selected file using your web browser's default handler for the file type
  3. Open Local - use FolderSync to open the selected file for seamless web editing 

For option #2 (Browser View) how the file is opened and viewed depends upon what applications are configured on your workstation for viewing the selected file type. Typical workstations will directly support viewing images (.gif, .png, .jpeg, etc...) and PDF file types - eliminating the need to save these file types locally in order to view them. However most workstations will require that file types such as Microsoft Office documents be downloaded before they can be opened. For files of these types, option #2 will result in the same behavior as option #1.