Re: Re: Searching Documents

Well, This application would eventually land on either Linux or Windows box, it would be for internal use only, so it wouldn't get wacked too bad. I know IIS5 has a bunch of COM built-ins. The problem of going to like a text based documents is that this is for resume management and 99% of the resumes are in MS Word format, so thats the reason why "Court Shrock" <ShrockC@inhs.org> wrote in message news:25E1EA6CA52DD311A525009027725B550414245A@exchange1.inhs.org... > correct to my knowledge..... > > I am not sure even running ASP on a linux server would allow you to open the > word documents, as I think ASP uses COM to do the dirty work..... > > of course, you could always do the world a favor and not use microsoft's > proprietary file formats in any way. an open standard will always be easier > and be able to reach the most people--even micorosft products can read open > standard documents, why shutoff the rest of the world to what you are doing > by using M$? > > glad to hear you are running linux, though, so you must already know most of > this.... :-) > > best of luck in your endeavors! > > court > > > -----Original Message----- > > Now, if I do COM with PHP, then does this need to be on a Windows > > server? Currently it sits on a Linux box.