Yes, I've done com automation on the server, specifically for mail merge. However, you need to be aware of the detractors of doing such things. I don't have a link to it handy, but Microsoft has a whitepaper on issues concerning server-side automation of office applications. You should probably do a search there as well.
Back when I did this, I got a ton of info from cfcomet, which unfortunately appears to be absent for the time being. Oh, Dain Anderson, where are you? Cheers, Kris On 5/15/07, Mike Demahy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you ever find a way to do this? > > I want to allow users to upload a word document with mial merge fields and be > able to mail merge the document with data in our system. > > Thanks, > Mike > > >Has anyone ever done anything with "Compare and Merge Documents" with > >Word via an Object? > > > >If so, any examples, directions, code etc? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:278179 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
