Take a look at the new Office XML spec. It is possible to build Word docs (and other office docs) via XML now (though you still go through an SDK).
Check out the links here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905545.aspx Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Cowan Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:16 AM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Running word from a web server Hi all, I am engulfed in a rewrite of an old ASP application to ASP.NET 2.0. Part of which generates word documents on the fly from the web server. The application uses office 2003. This is notoriously tricky and resource hungry. It has peculiarities such as word needs to be visible as part of the process. Thankfully the amount of traffic the product gets is small or the web server would blow up. What I would like to know is if this is any easier with word 2007. Can I generate word 2003 documents from the web server using office 2007? Will this make my life easier? My initial thoughts were to have a windows service running that receives requests via MSMQ for these word documents. But the time scales on this project (as is always the case) are small. I need a quick win really. Can anyone with experience at this type of thing share their experience? Cheers [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Feel like a local wherever you go. http://www.backofmyhand.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
