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I am attempting to create an asp page that will open up a word document, and fill it with fields from a database. I have done this in IE, but the boss wants it to occur in Word '97. Can someone point me in the correct direction?

Micah A. Norman

mnorman1@mediaone.net

 

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I suppose it is oke for you to create an ASCII file with the correct input? That's easy:

dim fs, textFile
Set fs=Server.CreateObject( "Scripting.FileSystemObject" )
Set textFile = fs.CreateTextFile( "YourFilename.txt" )

' write some text
textfile.write "REPORT"
do while not rs.EOF
' write a field
textfile.write rs(0)
rs.MoveNext
Loop
textFile.Close

For layout stuff i use 2 tricks:
o Create special markers in the text, which i use with a Word macro (after opening the TXT file, i run the macro for fancy things)
o This way you can create a HTML file! An then you can use tags for layout.






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