Hi,
   How do I open word document in read/write mode (I could open in read-
only mode). Thanks.

Pavan

> do you want to open the word doc in the borowser? or on the server?
> i believe on the browser, you can open it with just a link. <a
> href="blah.doc">Word Doc</a> and it will open on a machene that has word 
or
> the word viewer installed. on anyother it will download
> 
> but i may be completely missing the point.. i dunno
> daniel
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S_Doran@n... [mailto:S_Doran@n...]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 9:00 AM
> To: ASP Web HowTo
> Subject: [asp_web_howto] ASP won't open Word document
> 
> 
> Hi there
> 
> This is my first time on these message boards so hello everyone.
> 
> I'm trying to open a Word document using ASP. I can do this OK in Visual
> Basic and thought I'd be able
> to just re-use the code. Neither of the following will work:
> 
> wrdApp = GetObject( , "Word.Application")
> Set wrdApp = New Word.Application
> 
> Other ASP files on the server are working fine.  We're using IIS5.
> 
> I've gathered from hunting around on the web that I need to change a 
server
> setting but no explicit
> instructions on IIS5, only vague stuff concerning IIS4.  Additionally, 
I've
> never done anything with the
> server settings before, can anyone tell me exactly what I need to ask the
> administrator to change?
> 
> Thanks.