Create Word Doc Programmatically

[thedman00]

I'm attempting to create a word document programmatically on an asp.net page without using VS in VB.Net. I'm having a hard time finding the code to make a reference to the Microsoft Word library that is need.

Thanks in advance

 

[NoCoolHandle]

Do you mean that you want to display the word doc in the page, or taht you want to do something with it in the background??

Rob

 

[thedman00]

I want to display it on the page.

 

[NoCoolHandle]

Sorry about taking a while to get back.. I was hoping you were asking for something else..

In html you could href to a word doc [red](<a href=myworddoc.doc>open doc</a>)[/red]and it would open in the browser, but I can't find out how to make the response object perform the same stunt.



Rob

 

[thedman00]

I know from asp.net you can create a word doc with code similar to the following:

Dim wrdDoc As Word.Application
Set wrdDoc = New Word.Application

But not only am I unsure of the exact syntax but I also know that you have to make a reference to the Microsoft Word Object lib.

If anyone knows the proper code or how to refer to the lib let me know

 

[NoCoolHandle]

Problem with the dim approach is that it would create it on the web server not in the client..

Unless you could open it into the response stream....

hmmmmm

Worth a try..

Rob

 

[checkai]

Any luck here with Word Docs? I'm looking to do the same type of thing...

dlc

 

[thedman00]

nope

 

[theoxyde]

If you can create the word document on the server and save it to a temp location, you can then send it to the client through the Response.OutputStream. Just set the Response.ContentType = &quot;application/msword&quot;.

Example:

ASPX File:

<%@ Page language=&quot;c#&quot; Codebehind=&quot;getDoc.aspx.cs&quot; AutoEventWireup=&quot;false&quot; Inherits=&quot;bulletins.getDoc&quot; %>

getDoc.aspx.cs Page_Load event:

Response.ContentType = "application/msword";
Response.WriteFile( @"D:\Stuff\temp.doc" );

In IE, the document will probably open in their browser. In other browsers, it will prompt them to download the document, presumably as getDoc.aspx.doc.