Run MS Word/Excel from ASP Form Link

[jsteff]

In my ASP form (running from a MS workstation) is a drop-down of MS Word documents (on the server) related to the ASP record in the form. When you click the link, I want the doc to show up at your workstation. Two questions:

1. I have found a third-party tool "ASPExec" that makes this easier. Is there a better standard way to do this in straight ASP?

2. Would it be possible for the workstation user to modify the MS Word doc and save it back to the server? OR Would it be strictly a "read-only" process?

I would appreciate any insights!
Thanks

 

[ggriffit]

you could use the ActiveX controls (as per

http://www.greggriffiths.org/webdev/both/excel/)

to open Word/Excel on the client and then pass the file location in to an Open command.

Greg Griffiths
Livelink Certified Developer & ECM Global Star Champion 2005

http://www.greggriffiths.org/livelink/

 

[monksnake]

You can look into changing the ContentType of the links that contain the Word and Excel files.

Excel ContentType:

Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";

Word ContentType:

Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-word"

Changing the ContentType will make the ASP file open up the respective program to view the content.

Here's a link that can explain it better than I can.

http://www.codeave.com/asp/code.asp?u_log=129

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