Re: FN-FORUM: .NET & COM

date posted 14th January 2005 18:46

hi john

you could upload the Word document to the server, and then strip out
the information on the server. you will need to install Word on the
server.

hibri

On 14 Jan 2005 19:28:57 -0000, John Kyle [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> I got asked a question by a client this morning and wondered if this is
> possible in .NET. I know you can use COM in .NET and I was asked if it is
> possible to list the changes done to a Word document if the document has
> Track Changes turned on so these changes can be listed in a web page and
> viewed historically. I was thinking of using a COM reference to Microsoft
> Word and opening the document using this and trying to use one of the COM
> functions etc to display a list of changes listed in the Track Changes part
> of the document. What I need to know is will MS Word have to be installed on
> the client machine and is the Word document effectively being opened by
> their machine and the information stripped out and then displayed and Word
> then closed again on their machine. Is it possible to do this on the server
> itself i.e. have a version of word installed on the server and use that
> instance of the program with COM to strip this information out rather than
> relying on the client machine version
>
> I know you can create an instance of Excel and use Excel functions but it
> relies onyou having a copy installed on your machine but I really need to
> use an instance on the server rather than the client
>
> Any help appreciated
>
> Best Regards
>
> John
>
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