Re: Is this possible? PHP and Microsoft Word

Hi Dave If you are not going to have a VB or some kind of window's program connect to a database server, you shouldn't need ODBC. (It provides connection to database for the programs, it is not a application program.) regards, Kenny ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Hardy <dhardy@wchat.on.ca> To: Kenny <kenny@yellowzone.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 12:24 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] Is this possible? PHP and Microsoft Word > Hi Kenny, thanks for your speedy reply. > > The application is written in PHP4 and MySQL. After users input data, they > will want a print out of certain fields. I didn't want the hassle of > creating customizable fields for every company (i.e. logo changes, wording > changes, etc) so I figured if I just populated their Word document with the > fields they request, everyone would be happier...I mean, the user can make > changes to their Word document whenever they need to and I wouldn't be > overloaded by correcting spelling mistakes and making word changes. > > I wasn't sure if it was possible to do. It sounds like I, at minimum, would > need to get ODBC involved somehow. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kenny [mailto:kenny@yellowzone.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 11:16 AM > To: Dave Hardy > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] 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 > > > > > >