Re: Viewing word or Excel files.

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From: Rob Schneider (rmschne_at_removetheones_b1e1e1b.net.net)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:21:40 +0100

I think that you should avoid putting Office type files on a web server
for use by people who don't have Office on their desktop computers.
Period.

If .NET provides you the tools/software that you can provide to the
user's, then that's a different matter. I have a hunch .NET doesn't do
that (since it would eat into Office profits).

Redesign the whole thing to avoid this approach. I don't know enough,
nor can understand from what you say, of what you are trying to do to
really offer more constructive suggestions.

Or re-think if this should even be a web-based thing. all what you can
do can be done inside Word and/or Excel with VBA and macros, in a
relative straight-forward way.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

Word 97/2000 Viewer SDK. wrote:
> I'm making a project the target frpm this project is display doc and xls
> files over web server (web page) without have the office installed on the
> client-side, because I will apply this on web application based on .NET
> technologies with remark that i will work on:
> - Edit a specific area exist on shown document as I want.
> - Using search techniques to find a specific word on shown document.
> - Filtering (word filters).
> - Utilization fron third party tools to allow accessing and text extraction.
> - Content (code) extration.
> So became the subject depending on server-side.
> ** What are the aids which possibly availability to find the suitability
> approach to open and view doc and xls files with above characteristics at
> client-side without existence any way to open and view these files on
> client-side, except through make a request from server-side to act that.
>
> Then, please I hope to give me your opinions and your ideas to help me in
> this project regardless about existence a specific software or other products
> like word and excel viewers or as you tell me previously.
>
> Thank you so much.
>
> "Rob Schneider" wrote:
>
>
>>To view xls and doc files that are served to your comptuer by a web
>>server, you need software on your computer to view these files. That
>>would be Word and Excel, and if you don't have these, then get the free
>>Word and Excel viewers from Microsoft and install on your computer.
>>
>>If you are the creator of these files, then consider publishing these
>>files in a more neutral format, e.g. HTML, PDF, txt, etc. Both Word and
>>Excel have capabilties to do this (except for PDF for which you need a
>>PDF writer tool).
>>
>>Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
>>
>>rms
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Word 97/2000 Viewer SDK. wrote:
>>
>>>* How can I open a word or Excel files through my web page; I need to view
>>>the file over the web also I need to extract some text from the file over the
>>>web too.
>>>
>>>Note: I will not have the office Installed on the client machines.
>>

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