Php / Com / Iis

Tindo

There may have a lot of threads about this subject but i never found the right answer to solve my problem.

I use PHP to open automatically a WORD-document. When trying to do this i get the following error:

Warning: (null)(): Invoke() failed: Exception occurred. Source: Microsoft Word Description: Could not open macro storage.

I know that Microsoft says:
Microsoft does not currently recommend, and does not support, Automation of Microsoft Office applications from any unattended, non-interactive client application or component (including ASP, DCOM, and NT Services), because Office may exhibit unstable behavior and/or deadlock when run in this environment.

............but there has to my a way to do this, right?

Has it something to do with IIS or not?

I hope someone can help me

AstroTeg

A few minutes on google led me here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q224/3/38.ASP&NoWebContent=1

Tindo

Thank you so much.
I now start Word with the Interactive User and the document is generated automatically.

Thnx!

Tindo

There's only one thing left......

When i use my code on the server the word document is not opened on the workstation i am working on but it is opened on the server.

The code i wrote is placed on a server so that anyone in the company can used it. The document should open on the pc of the person whose is working on it. Not on the server. The person doesn't even know that the document has opened.

Anyone?
Thx

AstroTeg

You then have to send the file to the PC and hope they have Office installed and it opens automatically. Basically, you need to send the Word application type as a header and then read the Word file in (as binary) and send it to the browser. This will trigger the browser to download it or open it depending on the browser/computer settings.