This sounds like the best option. However, I'm not famliar with a feature in word that allows you to make placeholders for dynamic data...and have no idea how to get it from CF anyway. Excuse my ignorance on this topic, but could you please tell me how I could do that?
> What about using an RTF file? They play well with Word and are text > based, so you can manipulate them quite easily. > Just create the RTF template with placeholders where you want the > dynamic data then use CF to find and replace the placeholders with the > live data. > > Terry > > > >> Hey guys, > > > >Lots - Word is AMAZINGLY accessible. You can use the COM interface > to do > >just about anything. A huge amount of "how-to" information is here: > > > >http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kw65a0we(VS.80).aspx > > > >Pretty much anything you can't do directly from CF with those > interfaces you > >should be able to do with Visual Basic for Applications scripts (you > can > >also do most of this ). > > > >My suggestion would be to create your template as a Word Form (using > >predefined form fields). It should be easier to access named form > fields > >programmatically than to insert blocks of text (although you can do > the > >latter as well). > > > >It usually means installing Word on your server (something a lot of > security > >experts would warn against) which, of course, means a Windows server. > In > >this you're going to be at a disadvantage if you're on Unix but even > then I > >think there's options. > > > >Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:290041 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
