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Derek Hart
Does anybody know if Word 2007 will have better abilities to run server
side?
Derek
side?
Derek
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Jay Freedman
Word itself won't run on the server any better than previously. It's
still a single-user application.
What is new is that, with the XML-based file formats, apps on the
server (ASP.NET, databases, etc.) will be able to create and modify
valid documents that can be sent client-side for viewing, printing,
etc. This is without having any Office components on the server at
all.
More reading:
http://openxmldeveloper.org/default.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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still a single-user application.
What is new is that, with the XML-based file formats, apps on the
server (ASP.NET, databases, etc.) will be able to create and modify
valid documents that can be sent client-side for viewing, printing,
etc. This is without having any Office components on the server at
all.
More reading:
http://openxmldeveloper.org/default.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/
--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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Derek Hart
So does this mean I can have pre-made Word documents, and fill data into
them on the server. Wouldn't this require VBA which needs Word. I have
worked with WordML before, but truly manipulating the documents on the
server is tough. Is there some new way of talking to the documents in code
without loading Word?
Derek
them on the server. Wouldn't this require VBA which needs Word. I have
worked with WordML before, but truly manipulating the documents on the
server is tough. Is there some new way of talking to the documents in code
without loading Word?
Derek
J
Jay Freedman
No, it doesn't require VBA or Word and has little or nothing to do
with WordML. The OpenXML document structure is meant to make
server-side manipulation _not_ tough.
I'm really not the one to ask about these issues, because I haven't
studied the actual mechanics of them. That's why I pointed you to the
references -- read them for yourself.
Jay
with WordML. The OpenXML document structure is meant to make
server-side manipulation _not_ tough.
I'm really not the one to ask about these issues, because I haven't
studied the actual mechanics of them. That's why I pointed you to the
references -- read them for yourself.
Jay
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Derek Hart
Do you think since the Save As PDF format will be available in Word that
this could maybe happen on the server? I will research the mechanics on my
own, but this would be fascinating of Doc to PDF could be done on a server
without loading Word.
Derek
this could maybe happen on the server? I will research the mechanics on my
own, but this would be fascinating of Doc to PDF could be done on a server
without loading Word.
Derek
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Cindy M -WordMVP-
Hi Derek,
included in the final release (the blog to which Jay points you says it may
not), it would only be available through the automation interface, just as
saving to RTF or some other file format.
AS to whether you could have premade documents and load data into them: Yes,
the XML file formats would allow you to do this. Exactly how would depend on
what approach you choose. If you were, for example, to insert ContentControls
into the document you could map them to xml elements in a specific XML "part"
(an XML file within the entire ZIP file that makes up a Word 2007 document).
That's easier than "parsing" Word2003 WordML.
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister
http://www.word.mvps.org
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The option to which you refer will certainly NOT enable this. *IF* it is
included in the final release (the blog to which Jay points you says it may
not), it would only be available through the automation interface, just as
saving to RTF or some other file format.
AS to whether you could have premade documents and load data into them: Yes,
the XML file formats would allow you to do this. Exactly how would depend on
what approach you choose. If you were, for example, to insert ContentControls
into the document you could map them to xml elements in a specific XML "part"
(an XML file within the entire ZIP file that makes up a Word 2007 document).
That's easier than "parsing" Word2003 WordML.
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister
http://www.word.mvps.org
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