A WRITE DOCUMENT FROM WEB SITE ?

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RJS4444

I have a web site development in progress - I want to have a read and write
text document with simple graphics, say a grid matrix that users can save to
local disk and open and update offline or online. I would like something
user friendly for simple text entries. I want to consider other than PDF,
Excel or a submittable form. Please suggest format. What about an .exe file
for users to download to local disk ? If so, what is the .exe format
procedure? If I'm not clear on this please let me know.
Thanks for your great help as always.
RJS
 
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Andrew Murray

exe files are EXEcutable files: i.e program files - they won't be any good
to you.
They are also a security risk : worms/viruses/trojans (etc). Some users
might be wary of what to open / trust etc.

The best methods are the ways you've listed below that you *don't* want i.e.
pdf or excel or online forms....I don't know what other ways are left.

Do you want your user(s) to be updating a web page with text and images? Can
you explain in further detail what you're trying to accomplish?
 
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RJS4444

Thanks Mr Murray for your reply. Looks like you're the only one to tackle
this issue.

The document would be something like a daily log. The user completes tasks
each day and insert text data. Is not PDF read only and requires a PDF
write program by the user? Can I insert Excel/Access into Front Page and
have it read/write/save data ? If so, how? That would be the best probably
if doable. Per your comments, Yes, .exe files are open to incursion unless
through a 3rd party secure download provider which might be costly?

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOU HELP ! RJS
 
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Ronx

If you are hosted on a Windows server, you can (probably - check with
your host) use an Access database. Look up Database Interface Wizard
in FrontPage help (FP2002 and later versions)

If you are not hosted on a Windows server, you will need to search for
a different solution (possibly mySQL database with php or Perl
scripting) - pdfs are read only unless you have Acrobat, and then you
will need to uipload the edited document to your server.
 
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Andrew Murray

Would something like a "blog" be sufficient? Is this to be something that
will be publicly readable, or for a select few, i.e. your work colleagues or
club members?

I use a blog on my site here (not much in it yet) -
http://www.murraywebs.com/blog from www.8pixel.net
It seems easy enough to upload, uses an access database.

The issue with EXE's I meantioned, and meant they *might* contain viruses
in the program; no matter where you d/load, the risk of opening and running
an infected file is a medium risk - which is why its up to the user to trust
the file or not.

The other thing you could use is the Database wizard(s) in Frontpage.
 
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