Creating Word doc from ASP

[CJM]

Yes I can use Google too... but I haven't found the right article tutorial
yet (though still looking).

I want to create a Word document in ASP, which will be subsequently emailed
to a client, so it needs to look good, and the examples I have found so far
have been too simplistic.

I'm actually looking to be able to create a quotes for customers, so I
imagine someone out there has done something similar. And as you can
imagine, it has to be a fairly professional job.

I'm guessing that the best way to go about this is to use a template
document and to just edit the fields?

Anybody got any examples, pointers, suggestions, code for me to work from?

Thanks

Chris

 

[Stephanie Stowe]

Does it HAVE to be MS Word? If it is a standard form with field data stamped
into it, I would use the PDF format and a product from Appligent called.
FDFMerge.

www.appligent.com

Good luck.

S

 

[Scott McNair]

I want to create a Word document in ASP, which will be subsequently
emailed to a client, so it needs to look good, and the examples I have
found so far have been too simplistic.

At the top of your ASP page:

Response.ContentType = "application/msword"

Then build the page just like you would any ASP file. When you run it,
it will return the contents as a Word doc. If you would like to do the
same for Excel:

Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"

Hope that helps,
Scott

 

[na]

If you have Adobe Pro on your server, would that work the same way to create
a PDF?... just a thought.

 

[CJM]

Scott,

This never occured to me. And I'm guessing I can get a pretty accurate
layout using CM & PT for units...

I'll have a go today, and postback later...

Thanks

Chris

 

[CJM]

Scott,

After some tinkering I realise I still have a bit of a problem.

This solution streams the word doc to the user... I dont want this to
happen - I need the file to be saved to the server.

Is this possible using this technique?

Cheers

Chris

 

[CJM]

Scratch that...

I've found a suitable solution here:
http://www.codeave.com/asp/code.asp?u_log=142

Chris

 

[Scott McNair]

If you have Adobe Pro on your server, would that work the same way to
create a PDF?... just a thought.

Unfortunately, no. PDF is proprietary, and therefore isn't quite so easy
to mimic.