Word automation

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I am trying to automatically open a word document in an asp application. It
works fine on the local host, but when I deploy on a W2003 server, the
winword process starts ( I can see it in the task manager on the server), but
the document doesn't open on the client. If I define the document as the
target of a hyperlink on my asp page, it opens fine when I click on it. I've
tried using :

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("c:\test.DOC")

(System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("notepad.exe") also doesn't work)

and

Batch.appWord = New Word.Application

Batch.docWord = Batch.appWord.Documents.Open("c:\test.doc")

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"Joe Lalor" <Joe La***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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What am I doing wrong?

What you're doing wrong is trying to use Office Automation in a server-side
scenario, specifically ASP. This is neither recommended nor supported by
Microsoft because it cannot be guaranteed to work.

The following KB articles explain this in more detail:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...US;q257757#kb2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/288367

If you had been using ASP.NET rather than ASP, then you could have used
this:
http://www.aspose.com/categories/fil...a/default.aspx
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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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Thanks Mark

I am using asp.net (vb.net)

Is it possible to automate the hyperlink click in code?

Joe

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"Joe Lalor" <Jo******@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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I am using ASP.NET (VB.NET)

In which case, you're posting in the wrong newsgroup - this one is for ASP
Classic.

For ASP.NET issues, post in: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet

Is it possible to automate the hyperlink click in code?

The hyperlink...??? What hyperlink?
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Mark Rae
ASP / ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net