Re: Is this possible? PHP and Microsoft Word

Hi I would recommand use MS Access or Excel to provide the input interface. You can write VB with COM object to get the result uploaded into whatever database you wanted through ODBC once your user finishes typing. But this requires good programming knowledge on COM and VB. So, if you can avoid MySQL all together, just use Access. If you have to use MySQL, write PHP file upload program to upload your database file. And you need to tell the user save their Execl session or Acess table in to text formated files, and go to your webserver to upload it. (Word is just good for typing.) Kenny > Hi All > > I am writing an application in PHP4 where I want my users to design their > own form using, for example, Microsoft Word. When they click on an > appropriate button in the application, Word pops up with the form they > created on their desktop PC and data from a MySQL database on the web server > appended to it. I plan on giving them a set list of data names so they can > pick and choose where they want the data to appear. > > I am not sure if this is even possible, but if so, please point me in the > right direction. > > TIA > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >