----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 7:21
PM
Subject: Re: Dynamically Generate MS Word
Files..
Brett
You can actually access your COM object on a
seperate machine than your web server. Just have to specify 'remote' in
the context attribute and make sure your CF server is logged in as
administrator under services. You also have to access is via the ClassID
instead of the ProgID. (You can find the ClassID's of installed apps
under \HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\)
<cftry>
<!---
try to connect to the
object
--->
<cfobject action="CONNECT"
class={00020900-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
name="objWord"
type="COM"
context="REMOTE"
server="\\myservername">
<cfcatch>
<!---
object hasn't
been created, so create one
--->
<cfobject
action="CREATE"
class={00020900-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
name="objWord"
type="COM"
context="REMOTE"
server="\\myservername">
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
<cfscript>
objDocuments = objWord.Documents;
myDocument =
objDocuments.Add();
myDocument.SaveAs("c:\testDocument.doc");
</cfscript>
Just go to the object model def at msdn to get
all the goodies on methods and props.
The above code just executes the creation of the
object and saves a document file locally. Of course you can do all the
clever features of word. One of my favorites is using it not to create
word docs, but instead leech the spell checker capability out of it for my web
apps. =D Once made a web based thesaurus in about 10
minutes even - lol.
By the way, Microsoft not only does not support
server-side automation of the office tools, the detest it. (but not in
violation of any user agreements as in some cases "unavoidable")
Mwuhahahahaha - all the more reason to do it!
>=)
Whats up with makin me use my brain on the
weekend? Phhhhttt..... Pass the Ziegen.
=P
Nate Nielsen
817.726.8644
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 3:22
PM
Subject: Dynamically Generate MS Word
Files..
Does anyone know if you have to have a full
copy of MS Word installed on an IIS web server to use ColdFusion to
dynamically generate a Word document? I was not sure there was a .dll
or a set of objects that could be registered instead of having
to install the MS Word software. Any help would be
appreciated..
Thanks,
Brett
