Calm down dudes, I just did a quick search and found this on hotscripts http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/13628.html
It converts MS Word docs on the fly in linux and turns them into html or pdf or text or whatever. You'll need wv http://wvware.sourceforge.net Don't know how well it works but I say start there. -----Original Message----- From: Todd Williamsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 11, 2002 1:05 PM To: 'DL Neil' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] If Statement that makes me cry DL, I don't know what crawled up your ass and died or pissed in your cheerios this morning. I was asking for any DIRECTION to how to percieve this. Now, I did not crap on Open Source. Now, why would I do that if I am using it? Yes I am an MCSE, and I assume you have a problem with it. That is YOUR problem not mine. You always seem to try to pit a Microsoft vs. Open Source war. Why is that, jealousy? Little Man's disease? Geez, whats with you types? I mean, You think Open Source is the ultimate solution and Bill Gates it the evil empire. Grow up and don't respond to my inquiries. I don't like childish remarks from an incompetent fool By the way, Open Source junkies like yourself should Welcome Microsoft people with open arms. Isn't that what you all are trying to do, is get people off of MS based systems and jump on the Open Source bandwagon? Screw you too!! -----Original Message----- From: DL Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:52 AM To: Todd Williamsen Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] If Statement that makes me cry Todd, > My ultimate goal is to be able to search within a MS Word Document, but it > seems that is a moot point unless I take the whole application and migrate > it to ASP and COM+ which I know nothing about. =as mentioned ages back in this thread: use the best tool for the job. =new addition: don't blame the tools if you get it wrong. > Plus, the client's requirements are vague to say the least. They have the > atitude, "Build something along these lines and we will see what you come up > with and we will go from there." That isn't what I had in mind. But I know > the ability to search within a Word document is a key factor. That is a > drawback of Open Source, you cannot access the Microsoft World which 80% of > the computer users use as Office Applications and is considered a standard. > > I know, the Open Source community doesn't like that reality, but its true. > When somebody submits a resume to apply for a job, what format does a > recuiter or employer look for? MS Word. =am I confusing you with someone else/another Todd - aren't you an MCP of some description? =the reason "the Open Source community" doesn't like the "reality", is because of precisely the issue you have run into! Word is a proprietary format (no matter what ASCII-format red herrings you've been casting about). For ANYONE to hack into Word docs to find the format parameters and thereby reverse engineer, is contrary to Microsoft's restrictive, proprietary approach to world domination. =so the fact that you have not paid attention to/found (thus far) an open source solution is most likely because of legal strictures. =even if this were not the case, how many people have you 'found' who have come back saying 'yes I do that every day and here's how I do it...'? None - otherwise you wouldn't be regaling us with this tale of woe. Accordingly the demand is not that great, and what might be a "key factor" to you, seems somewhat lesser in the grand scheme of things. =Word is a Microsoft product. Have you been moaning on their lists (always assuming anyone from Microsoft actually responds/is helpful on such lists), asking where the Word-PHP interface is? Why attack only one side of the 'problem'? Perhaps like many others you have a perception that Microsoft couldn't care less about what you are trying to do? Why then make "the Open Source community" your whipping boys (and girls)? =among the principles of open source is the idea that when YOU come up with a 'new' idea, YOU build an add-on solution - and having the source code to (for example, PHP) you 'could' do this. Again, the fact that you (presumably) don't want to do that, is more an indictment of you and your situation than of 'open source'. BTW I (personal note) could not build such a solution, which means that I won't claim any 'right' to complain about such a 'short-coming'. =(I cannot confirm this/comment on the degree of success/exactitude) Various Open Systems 'Office' package products/projects claim the ability to read or convert 'standard' MS-Word docs - so something must be possible! Have you looked at open systems Word-alternatives? =To your problem: 1 has the Word index creation facility been improved lately? Will it sufficiently identify a document's 'keywords' (or do you still have to basically do it by hand first)? 2 the tool to extend Word's native facilities is called VBA (in the 'good old days' we wrote "macros"). Accordingly why not use VBA to scan the Word doc, identify the document's 'keywords', and then figure out which db/how to get the keywords into your db setup? 3 a bit of background reading tells us that Word has two 'formats'. The native .DOC and the so-called .HTML - which is actually XML (or perhaps XHTML, ugh!). If you get the doc into HTML/XML/whatever format, would the text become sufficiently 'visible' to work out the keywords? =From the lack of comments, you apparently haven't checked this out. Stop 'spouting' and get your head down and do some research. You have come to the list with the appearance of demanding answers, complaining that respondents don't give you the narrow/EXACT answer YOU (think you) want, and then moaning that PHP (etc) doesn't currently extend into a specific area of interest. Not the best way to motivate others to give their time to help you, is it? =dn -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
