You would need to install Office, as far as I know. You might be able to just buy Word and install that. Its also possible that MS sells some kind of developer license to only use the underlying objects without the GUI, but I don't know too much about that.
I have only experimented with this a little bit in the past. Here is a link that might give you more information: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbawd10/htm l/wotocobjectmodelapplication.asp -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Woodward Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Converting doc/rtf files to flash paper or pdf Interesting--I wasn't aware this existed. What do you have to install on the server to get this to work (and I assume you would be limited to Windows server, correct)? Does the API ship with Office or is it something separate? On 4/20/05, Knipp, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, I mean using the ActiveX objects that Office is built on to pull the > text and whatnot out of the Word doc on the server side, so that you can > then wrap it in a <cfdocument> tag. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Matt Woodward > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 5:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Converting doc/rtf files to flash paper or pdf > > Cool Eric--is this a new possibility with the new XML document formats > in the later versions of Office? And I assume Active-X means Windows > only, IE only right? Might not matter to some folks but I thought I'd > ask since if it's a public-facing app you might not have control over > the browser someone's using. > > Matt > > On 4/20/05, Knipp, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You could do it using the MS office API. There are ways to pull the > various > > properties of a word doc out of it using the ActiveX objects that are part > > of Office. The same is true for RTF. > > > > Eric > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of > > Justin Cook > > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 4:58 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Converting doc/rtf files to flash paper or pdf > > > > > > In our current project, we need to be able to allow users to upload *.doc > or > > *.rtf files and then we were wanting to display those using cfdocument and > > converting those into either flash paper or pdf's. Is this even possible? > > If so, how can you do it? And if not, does anyone have an idea how this > can > > be done? > > Thanks, > > Justin > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail and > > attached document(s) may contain confidential information that is intended > > only for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are > > hereby advised that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of > > any action in reliance upon the information is prohibited. If you have > > received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and > > delete it from your system. > > -- > Matt Woodward > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mattwoodward.com > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > To subscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > To subscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > -- Matt Woodward [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattwoodward.com ---------------------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm To subscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm ---------------------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm To subscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm
