Hi Can I just ask, can any off the COM options be used without actually having excel installed on the server?
tahnsk >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwatts@;figleaf.com] >> Sent: 25 October 2002 04:16 >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: RE: Urgent : GURU Required: Excel vs COM in CFMX >> >> > What option, outside of COM, do I have... until this new >> > version of Office comes out? >> >> I don't know if you have any options, really, beyond the ones Steve >> enumerated. Even when the new version of Office comes out, it's not like >> everyone's going to upgrade to it immediately (or even at all). >> >> > Will Office 11 be open as web services? >> >> According to what I've read, Office 11 will use its own XML language as >> its >> native file format, so you could use any tools that can work with XML to >> generate Office documents. >> >> > Is that why COM is evaporating? >> >> No, I don't think so. I think COM is "evaporating" because Microsoft now >> has >> something better. >> >> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software >> http://www.figleaf.com/ >> voice: (202) 797-5496 >> fax: (202) 797-5444 >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
