Re: how can you use mshtml DOM object to grab rendered asp.net page?

Randall Arnold wrote:
> The suggestion to run CACLS was in the form of numerous commands that
> added user rights via a batch file run on the desktop, not from the
> web page per se. This was in order to allow IIS to execute aspx
> pages on the desktop. I don't recall the exact error, but a google
> search on it led me to (brace yourself) an MSKB article that
> purported to have the fix. I dutifully performed the suggested steps
> (create DOS batch file with CACLS commands) that Microsoft
> delineated. Each execution was followed by a system message that
> nothing happened. The other suggestion was to add the username
> attribute. Visual Web developer's server says the attribute is
> invalid.


Can you tell me what KB article? I'll have a look and get it updated or
pulled if it's misleading.


>
> As for Office not being designed to be automated as I am attempting,
> then what are Interops for? What's with all the advertisements
> alluding to such a capability? Where is Office going next-- seeing
> as how at least one (ahem) MS competitor is poised to offer this sort
> of thing (and then some)?


Interop is for calling COM components from managed code. You can certainly
use interop to automate Office from a Windows app. However, Office
applications are not designed for automation in a non-interactive
environment. If a competitive product is going to offer that, I'd watch
out. It's a design nightmare and a bad decision on their part in my opinion.
Applications with a UI should not be automated via a Web application.

One other thing you might want to keep in mind. Web applications should
ALWAYS be designed to run with no one logged in at the console. Give that a
thought and you might understand better what I'm talking about. This is not
an ASP.NET design issue. :)

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