Inserting a value into word doc

[Flurry]

Hello

I have a simple problem but I think the solution might be tricky...

I have a word document on the server which people can download.
However, what I would like is to use asp.net to insert a unique serial
number into the word document before it is downloaded. So I need some
way to insert a value into the word document. Is there a simple way of
doing this???

Many thanks....

Flurry

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Hi Flurry,

You can do this, but you need Visual Studio Tools for Office to modify the
file's content.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/vsto/default.aspx

You'd be best to ask in the VSTO newsgroup

microsoft.public.vsnet.vstools.office

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"Flurry" <cj******@stmail.staffs.ac.ukwrote in message
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Hello

I have a simple problem but I think the solution might be tricky...

I have a word document on the server which people can download.
However, what I would like is to use asp.net to insert a unique serial
number into the word document before it is downloaded. So I need some
way to insert a value into the word document. Is there a simple way of
doing this???

Many thanks....

Flurry

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Ken,

Just wondering if there are licensing issues involved.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <BA**********@newsgroups.nospamwrote in message
news:un***************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Hi Flurry,

You can do this, but you need Visual Studio Tools for Office to modify the
file's content.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/vsto/default.aspx

You'd be best to ask in the VSTO newsgroup

microsoft.public.vsnet.vstools.office

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"Flurry" <cj******@stmail.staffs.ac.ukwrote in message
news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...

>Hello

I have a simple problem but I think the solution might be tricky...

I have a word document on the server which people can download.
However, what I would like is to use asp.net to insert a unique serial
number into the word document before it is downloaded. So I need some
way to insert a value into the word document. Is there a simple way of
doing this???

Many thanks....

Flurry

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

There will likely be performance issues if your doing it ona web server as
Office typically doesn't thread well. What I've done in the past is create
a queuing mechanim to deal with the files individually, but that involved
posting a link to people to enable them to download the file after I'd had
done stuff with it. It got round any licening issues as I was only running
a single instance at any one time.

Regards

John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com
"Eliyahu Goldin" <RE**************************@mMvVpPsS.orgwrote in
message news:OV*************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Ken,

Just wondering if there are licensing issues involved.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <BA**********@newsgroups.nospamwrote in
message news:un***************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>Hi Flurry,

You can do this, but you need Visual Studio Tools for Office to modify
the file's content.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/vsto/default.aspx

You'd be best to ask in the VSTO newsgroup

microsoft.public.vsnet.vstools.office

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"Flurry" <cj******@stmail.staffs.ac.ukwrote in message
news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.googleg roups.com...

>>Hello

I have a simple problem but I think the solution might be tricky...

I have a word document on the server which people can download.
However, what I would like is to use asp.net to insert a unique serial
number into the word document before it is downloaded. So I need some
way to insert a value into the word document. Is there a simple way of
doing this???

Many thanks....

Flurry

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Yup, VSTO isn't free - it's an add-on to Visual Studio. After that, there
are some runtime redistributables that are required but free to Office
users.

I found the technology very appealing until it came to deployment on the
Internet until I hit a showstopper:

http://weblogs.asp.net/kencox/archiv...eployment.aspx

"Eliyahu Goldin" <RE**************************@mMvVpPsS.orgwrote in
message news:OV*************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Ken,

Just wondering if there are licensing issues involved.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <BA**********@newsgroups.nospamwrote in
message news:un***************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>Hi Flurry,

You can do this, but you need Visual Studio Tools for Office to modify
the file's content.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/vsto/default.aspx

You'd be best to ask in the VSTO newsgroup

microsoft.public.vsnet.vstools.office

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"Flurry" <cj******@stmail.staffs.ac.ukwrote in message
news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.googleg roups.com...

>>Hello

I have a simple problem but I think the solution might be tricky...

I have a word document on the server which people can download.
However, what I would like is to use asp.net to insert a unique serial
number into the word document before it is downloaded. So I need some
way to insert a value into the word document. Is there a simple way of
doing this???

Many thanks....

Flurry

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Hi John,

Keep in mind that VSTO exposes the ServerDocument object that doesn't
require the Word to be on the Web server at all.

Ken

"John Timney (MVP)" <x_****@timney.eclipse.co.ukwrote in message
news:4e******************************@eclipse.net. uk...

There will likely be performance issues if your doing it ona web server
as Office typically doesn't thread well. What I've done in the past is
create a queuing mechanim to deal with the files individually, but that
involved posting a link to people to enable them to download the file
after I'd had done stuff with it. It got round any licening issues as I
was only running a single instance at any one time.

Regards

John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com
"Eliyahu Goldin" <RE**************************@mMvVpPsS.orgwrote in
message news:OV*************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>Ken,

Just wondering if there are licensing issues involved.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <BA**********@newsgroups.nospamwrote in
message news:un***************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>Hi Flurry,

You can do this, but you need Visual Studio Tools for Office to modify
the file's content.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/vsto/default.aspx

You'd be best to ask in the VSTO newsgroup

microsoft.public.vsnet.vstools.office

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"Flurry" <cj******@stmail.staffs.ac.ukwrote in message
news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.google groups.com...
Hello

I have a simple problem but I think the solution might be tricky...

I have a word document on the server which people can download.
However, what I would like is to use asp.net to insert a unique serial
number into the word document before it is downloaded. So I need some
way to insert a value into the word document. Is there a simple way of
doing this???

Many thanks....

Flurry

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

I was more alluding to only using Office on the webserver Ken and the
problems it can create if Eliyahu decided not to use VSTO.

--
Regards

John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com
"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <BA**********@newsgroups.nospamwrote in message
news:uN**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

Hi John,

Keep in mind that VSTO exposes the ServerDocument object that doesn't
require the Word to be on the Web server at all.

Ken

"John Timney (MVP)" <x_****@timney.eclipse.co.ukwrote in message
news:4e******************************@eclipse.net. uk...

>There will likely be performance issues if your doing it ona web server
as Office typically doesn't thread well. What I've done in the past is
create a queuing mechanim to deal with the files individually, but that
involved posting a link to people to enable them to download the file
after I'd had done stuff with it. It got round any licening issues as I
was only running a single instance at any one time.

Regards

John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com
"Eliyahu Goldin" <RE**************************@mMvVpPsS.orgwrote in
message news:OV*************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>Ken,

Just wondering if there are licensing issues involved.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <BA**********@newsgroups.nospamwrote in
message news:un***************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Hi Flurry,

You can do this, but you need Visual Studio Tools for Office to modify
the file's content.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/vsto/default.aspx

You'd be best to ask in the VSTO newsgroup

microsoft.public.vsnet.vstools.office

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"Flurry" <cj******@stmail.staffs.ac.ukwrote in message
news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.googl egroups.com...
Hello
>
I have a simple problem but I think the solution might be tricky...
>
I have a word document on the server which people can download.
However, what I would like is to use asp.net to insert a unique serial
number into the word document before it is downloaded. So I need some
way to insert a value into the word document. Is there a simple way of
doing this???
>
Many thanks....
>
Flurry
>