Re: Calling MS Applications from an ASP.NET page

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From: Rob Kellow (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/15/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 21:36:08 -0800

Thanks for the information and the webservice suggestion. Could you elaborate a little on going with a webservice as the best solution? How would a webservice be used to solve the problem of initiating an application. I'm not that familiar with webservices.

Thanks again,
Rob
     
     ----- Alvin Bruney [MVP] wrote: -----
     
     A couple of choices present themselves. I'd stick with a webservice chiefly
     because it's easier to implement. Remoting is also an option. Both cases
     call into components hosted elsewhere. Each has it's advantages. Ballpark
     for what you are doing, i'd go with the webservice.
     
     --
     Regards,
     Alvin Bruney [ASP.NET MVP]
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     "Rob Kellow" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>> I'm working on an application for use within my company on our intranet
     that will be used to gather some information and store some of the info in a
     SQL Server database and the rest of the information will be used to initiate
     either a MS Word or MS Excel document. The applications (Word & Excel)
     reside on the users local system but the database is on the server. Since
     it is for internal company use I'm not too concerned about security of
     accessing local applications but ASP.NET still has its restrictions. Is
     there a good way to accomplish this? I'm using VB.NET with ASP.NET.
>> Thanks in advance,
> Rob