Can a page be made to make a .doc file do this?

Good day, and thank you in advance for any assistance.

I have some experience, not a lot, with MS Front Page and HTML, but I'm more
of a database person. If I'm asking for something simple, please forgive me
and tell me where to look. I'm using MS Front Page 2003. Here's what I want
to accomplish -

I've begun to design a Web page that will allow users to either download one
of several files or look at it. The files are all Word 2000 .doc files. In
my innocence, I figured that, with the proper code, I could make the Word
file come into a page when the page was loaded. So, for instance, if you
want to view the contents of file1.doc, you click on an image, a new page
would open and the file would be imported at that time, perhaps into a text
box or table cell.

I have the download part working using .pdf files. What I am looking for is
a way to get the contents of file1.doc to be loaded into a page, for
viewing, as the page is loading, like images are loaded. My thought is that
I have a .doc, a .pdf and a page to maintain if the file contents change; if
the .doc file can be made to load into a new page as the page loads, I only
have to maintain the .doc file in the future, convert it to .pdf and upload
both of them to the server to be used appropriately. Less time spent and no
messing with the Web pages themselves. I can import the .doc files into new
pages when I create them, but then the pages have to be edited every time I
do an import, because there seems to be a severe loss of formatting, at
least with FP. I'm looking for a way around that.

I hope this makes sense. Thank you for your assistance.


Steve E.

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Good day, and thank you in advance for any assistance.

I have some experience, not a lot, with MS Front Page and HTML, but I'm
more of a database person. If I'm asking for something simple, please
forgive me and tell me where to look. I'm using MS Front Page 2003.
Here's what I want to accomplish -

I've begun to design a Web page that will allow users to either
download one of several files or look at it. The files are all Word
2000 .doc files. In my innocence, I figured that, with the proper code,
I could make the Word file come into a page when the page was loaded.
So, for instance, if you want to view the contents of file1.doc, you
click on an image, a new page would open and the file would be imported
at that time, perhaps into a text box or table cell.

I have the download part working using .pdf files. What I am looking
for is a way to get the contents of file1.doc to be loaded into a page,
for viewing, as the page is loading, like images are loaded. My thought
is that I have a .doc, a .pdf and a page to maintain if the file
contents change; if the .doc file can be made to load into a new page
as the page loads, I only have to maintain the .doc file in the future,
convert it to .pdf and upload both of them to the server to be used
appropriately. Less time spent and no messing with the Web pages
themselves. I can import the .doc files into new pages when I create
them, but then the pages have to be edited every time I do an import,
because there seems to be a severe loss of formatting, at least with
FP. I'm looking for a way around that.

I hope this makes sense. Thank you for your assistance.


Steve E.

There are people who do not have Word, and people who would not want a Word
document opening in their browser, especially since Word documents are so
prone to viruses.

Your best bet is to offer the file for download. You can show the contents
in HTML, even use Word to make the HTML file, just be sure to use something
like HTML-Tidy to clean it up.

--
Adrienne Boswell
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
Please respond to the group so others can share

Hi, and thank you for your note. I can offer the file as a .pdf for
download, and I've solved that. I was just looking for a way to not have to
directly maintain the Web pages every time some section of the .doc document
was changed. I gather that I can't simply do this..?

Thank you.


Steve E.




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Good day, and thank you in advance for any assistance.

I have some experience, not a lot, with MS Front Page and HTML, but I'm
more of a database person. If I'm asking for something simple, please
forgive me and tell me where to look. I'm using MS Front Page 2003.
Here's what I want to accomplish -

I've begun to design a Web page that will allow users to either
download one of several files or look at it. The files are all Word
2000 .doc files. In my innocence, I figured that, with the proper code,
I could make the Word file come into a page when the page was loaded.
So, for instance, if you want to view the contents of file1.doc, you
click on an image, a new page would open and the file would be imported
at that time, perhaps into a text box or table cell.

I have the download part working using .pdf files. What I am looking
for is a way to get the contents of file1.doc to be loaded into a page,
for viewing, as the page is loading, like images are loaded. My thought
is that I have a .doc, a .pdf and a page to maintain if the file
contents change; if the .doc file can be made to load into a new page
as the page loads, I only have to maintain the .doc file in the future,
convert it to .pdf and upload both of them to the server to be used
appropriately. Less time spent and no messing with the Web pages
themselves. I can import the .doc files into new pages when I create
them, but then the pages have to be edited every time I do an import,
because there seems to be a severe loss of formatting, at least with
FP. I'm looking for a way around that.

I hope this makes sense. Thank you for your assistance.


Steve E.




There are people who do not have Word, and people who would not want a
Word
document opening in their browser, especially since Word documents are so
prone to viruses.

Your best bet is to offer the file for download. You can show the
contents
in HTML, even use Word to make the HTML file, just be sure to use
something
like HTML-Tidy to clean it up.

--
Adrienne Boswell
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
Please respond to the group so others can share

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Serious_Practitioner"
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Please don't top post, and please fix your signature.

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Good day, and thank you in advance for any assistance.

I have some experience, not a lot, with MS Front Page and HTML, but
I'm more of a database person. If I'm asking for something simple,
please forgive me and tell me where to look. I'm using MS Front Page
2003. Here's what I want to accomplish -

I've begun to design a Web page that will allow users to either
download one of several files or look at it. The files are all Word
2000 .doc files. In my innocence, I figured that, with the proper
code, I could make the Word file come into a page when the page was
loaded. So, for instance, if you want to view the contents of
file1.doc, you click on an image, a new page would open and the file
would be imported at that time, perhaps into a text box or table
cell.

I have the download part working using .pdf files. What I am looking
for is a way to get the contents of file1.doc to be loaded into a
page, for viewing, as the page is loading, like images are loaded. My
thought is that I have a .doc, a .pdf and a page to maintain if the
file contents change; if the .doc file can be made to load into a new
page as the page loads, I only have to maintain the .doc file in the
future, convert it to .pdf and upload both of them to the server to
be used appropriately. Less time spent and no messing with the Web
pages themselves. I can import the .doc files into new pages when I
create them, but then the pages have to be edited every time I do an
import, because there seems to be a severe loss of formatting, at
least with FP. I'm looking for a way around that.

I hope this makes sense. Thank you for your assistance.


Steve E.




There are people who do not have Word, and people who would not want a
Word
document opening in their browser, especially since Word documents are
so prone to viruses.

Your best bet is to offer the file for download. You can show the
contents in HTML, even use Word to make the HTML file, just be sure to
use something like HTML-Tidy to clean it up.

Hi, and thank you for your note. I can offer the file as a .pdf for
download, and I've solved that. I was just looking for a way to not
have to directly maintain the Web pages every time some section of the
.doc document was changed. I gather that I can't simply do this..?

Thank you.

Actually, if you're doing it server side, you can do what you want, and
have the server create the word document, serving it as application/word.
You will probably want to post in a server side group, maybe start with
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general .

But if you don't have access to server side, then you're out of luck.

--
Adrienne Boswell
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
Please respond to the group so others can share

"Adrienne" <arbpen2003 (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote

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Please don't top post, and please fix your signature.


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Good day, and thank you in advance for any assistance.

I have some experience, not a lot, with MS Front Page and HTML, but
I'm more of a database person. If I'm asking for something simple,
please forgive me and tell me where to look. I'm using MS Front Page
2003. Here's what I want to accomplish -

I've begun to design a Web page that will allow users to either
download one of several files or look at it. The files are all Word
2000 .doc files. In my innocence, I figured that, with the proper
code, I could make the Word file come into a page when the page was
loaded. So, for instance, if you want to view the contents of
file1.doc, you click on an image, a new page would open and the file
would be imported at that time, perhaps into a text box or table
cell.

I have the download part working using .pdf files. What I am looking
for is a way to get the contents of file1.doc to be loaded into a
page, for viewing, as the page is loading, like images are loaded. My
thought is that I have a .doc, a .pdf and a page to maintain if the
file contents change; if the .doc file can be made to load into a new
page as the page loads, I only have to maintain the .doc file in the
future, convert it to .pdf and upload both of them to the server to
be used appropriately. Less time spent and no messing with the Web
pages themselves. I can import the .doc files into new pages when I
create them, but then the pages have to be edited every time I do an
import, because there seems to be a severe loss of formatting, at
least with FP. I'm looking for a way around that.

I hope this makes sense. Thank you for your assistance.


Steve E.




There are people who do not have Word, and people who would not want a
Word
document opening in their browser, especially since Word documents are
so prone to viruses.

Your best bet is to offer the file for download. You can show the
contents in HTML, even use Word to make the HTML file, just be sure to
use something like HTML-Tidy to clean it up.

Hi, and thank you for your note. I can offer the file as a .pdf for
download, and I've solved that. I was just looking for a way to not
have to directly maintain the Web pages every time some section of the
.doc document was changed. I gather that I can't simply do this..?

Thank you.



Actually, if you're doing it server side, you can do what you want, and
have the server create the word document, serving it as application/word.
You will probably want to post in a server side group, maybe start with
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general .

But if you don't have access to server side, then you're out of luck.

--
Adrienne Boswell
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
Please respond to the group so others can share

Good day -

Thank you for your help. Please accept my apologies for the top posting -
I'll locate the FAQ before posting further.


Steve E.