RE: [PHP-WIN] Re: Searching MS Word Docs

Don't turst that. Word can saw back up information in the (very same) document to. -----Original Message----- From: Ross Fleming To: Todd Williamsen; 'alain' Cc: php-windows@lists.php.net Sent: 11-2-02 18:30 Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Re: Searching MS Word Docs Erm... why are you here then?.. php-windows@lists.php.net!! ;) lol Either way, back to the main point in hand, I've just opened a MS Word doc and it LOOKS to be ASCII, all be it with a bunch of binary crap before and after. I can't see why it wouldn't work the way that Nicole suggested. If I have time I'll give it a go tonight and see how I get on. Regards Ross -----Original Message----- From: Todd Williamsen [mailto:todd@williamsen.net] Sent: 11 February 2002 17:17 To: 'alain' Cc: php-windows@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Re: Searching MS Word Docs That's great Alain... But as I previously posted its NOT windows, and if you read my post I have no idea how to use COM. So its not so easy -----Original Message----- From: alain [mailto:alain@sonic.net] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:15 AM To: Todd Williamsen Cc: php-windows@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Re: Searching MS Word Docs If your server is win, it's pretty easy: Use COM. A+ Alain On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 10:45:22AM -0600, Todd Williamsen wrote: > So is there a way to search within the MS Word docs even though they are > binary, or do I need to look at ASP for this? I cannot run ASP on my > server, host says you can, but it doesn't run.. > "B.A.T. Svensson" <B.A.T.Svensson@lumc.nl> wrote in message > news:27E647E5629ED211BF78009027289C6303C1B6C4@mail1... > > MS Word document are binary. > > > > From: Todd Williamsen > > > > >I have no idea if its ASCII formatted or not. I wonder if there is a way > > to > > >find out? > > > > > > > > > > >"Nicole Amashta" wrote in message > > > > >> OK, I am not exactly sure of the format of word docs off hand. But if > > they > > >> are an ascii format, you can just read through the file using PHP and > use > > >> regular expressions to search for the words. Just a suggestion. > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php