That's a really interesting approach. I might try that. Thanks Gav
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:58:13 +1000, Kym Kovan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Gavin, > > I missed the beginning of this thread so I don't even know if it was you that asked > the question, etc., but... > > >I know you can save as XML in Office 2003. I was wondering if it would > >be possible to do this automatically with CF. > > > >So someone could upload a .doc file, CF would create XML from it > >(possibly just by CFEXECUTEing word 2003 on the server) and then be > >able to save/display/manipulate the resultant XML. > > We did this in the past in an Intranet that all sorts of weird restrictions on what > could be run where. We loaded Word on the server and ran it from a batch file that > got fired by CFExecute (being fed the file name.path in an attribute) We set up word > with a macro that automatically saved the document as soon as it loaded then shut > itself back down, a sort-of onLoad() script :-) Worked like a charm. The only > difficulty was having to use a fixed filename for the saved file and the risk of > that being overwritten but that can be covered with a few locks and things. > > -- > > Yours, > > Kym > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
