Microsoft has explicitly stated that their Office automation models are for the client in a single user configuration. In other words, don't make a server out of them in the classic sense.
Check out KB257757 for a good breakdown of this. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;257757 CONSIDERATIONS FOR SERVER-SIDE AUTOMATION OF OFFICE IMHO and in my observation, most employees at my company's opinion is, in an intranet environment, they prefer Windows Forms apps over DHTML apps. CC 1A 5B 94 D0 75 09 B4 USA USA USA USA USA http://www.vinnychi.com/vince Did you think that I was gonna give it up to you? > -----Original Message----- > From: Unmoderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Little > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 9:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Design Choices > > My current assignment is a Project Management system for a > large enterprise. > This will involve a substantial amount of data entry and document > manipulation. Specifically, they have about 150 Word > document templates > that they use to generate various documents in the course of > a project. > They want the generation of these documents to be reasonably > automatic. > This is Phase I of a project that will gradually grow to > encompass a wider > spectrum of functionality. > > > > Part of the requirement spec was that the application should > be entirely > web-based. However, as I have delved deeper into things, I > am questioning > whether or not to separate out the major data entry and document > manipulation tasks as a Windows app, assuming that there is a network > resource that all can access. I would then use the web interface as a > largely read-only, or limited data entry mechanism for those > areas that > require it. (This is an intranet deployment, not internet). > I have read > the various articles warning against using true Word automation on the > server, and I certainly don't want to store all of the > document templates > and resulting documents on the web server. I could probably > generate some > client-side scripting to have the document manipulation done > on the client > side, but I am just wondering if I am trying to hammer a > square peg into a > round hole here. > > > > From a performance and security angle, what are your thoughts on this? > > > > Jeff > > > > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor. http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor� http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
