Well,

This application would eventually land on either Linux or Windows box, it
would be for internal use only, so it wouldn't get wacked too bad.  I know
IIS5 has a bunch of COM built-ins.

The problem of going to like a text based documents is that this is for
resume management and 99% of the resumes are in MS Word format, so thats the
reason why
"Court Shrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> correct to my knowledge.....
>
> I am not sure even running ASP on a linux server would allow you to open
the
> word documents, as I think ASP uses COM to do the dirty work.....
>
> of course, you could always do the world a favor and not use microsoft's
> proprietary file formats in any way.  an open standard will always be
easier
> and be able to reach the most people--even micorosft products can read
open
> standard documents, why shutoff the rest of the world to what you are
doing
> by using M$?
>
> glad to hear you are running linux, though, so you must already know most
of
> this.... :-)
>
> best of luck in your endeavors!
>
> court
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Now, if I do COM with PHP, then does this need to be on a Windows
> > server?  Currently it sits on a Linux box.



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