On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Ken Dibble <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Why not just catch the docs coming in and via one license convert them >> back >> to any flavor older version you want? >> >> Just write a service that polls a folder to see if anything is in there. >> As you copy the documents to the "processing zone" you identify the nasty >> "X" versions and flip them in the copy portion. >> > > Well, first, we don't use centralized email and we don't have our own > email server. So it would have to be done on dozens of separate > workstations. > > Second, I think that requires Office automation, which is slooooow, and > would also be a problem if the user was running an Office application at > the time. > > Not to mention that it would probably be at least 100 hours of my time, > which, since I only work about 80% on computer stuff, and only about 50% of > that on programming, would be a months-long project. > > -------------------- > I was thinking of a document management approach instead of everyone's email. If in house user receives an email from the outside they just drop the attached doc into a "receiving" folder. In other words keep human hands off the raw business. >From VFP you can get a list of files in a folder. Now just iterate that list and copy any that have that dreaded "X" in the extension to a working folder. Another service knows that these need to be automated and just do automation on what is there. Or in house user FORWARDS the attached email to a single address. You poll mailbox every other min to pick up and docs and do similar to what I stated above. Once again keep users out of the mix. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJidMYK=-TeAiWndXw4sewpbCQa=EogxzGVwBGGqaym_Z-Eq=a...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
