the exact two things i was thinking of(after i sent the message).
im just not sure how i could implement them. i did log in via ftp and copied
the file to my local drive, but my question now i guess is. how could i
iterate through the file list of the paitent's files? like each paitent's
files start with T<acctnum><filenum>.doc so i would need to list each
account num, the created date, and the description/title of the doc. so i
guess maybe i should set up samba, and then i could use something like FSO?

daniel

Daniel O'Dorisio
dodorisio@h...
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kim, Cardyin [mailto:CKim@s...]
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 5:36 PM
To: professional vb
Subject: [pro_vb] RE: accessing .doc files from a UNIX server


Daniel,

   You can do it in two ways:

1) Use FTP to retrieve the file to the local directory,
and process the file.

2) Use a utility such as SAMBA which allows you to
configure a directory on your Unix box just like it was
a Windows NT share.

I'm not a Unix expert, so I couldn't tell you how you can
do this, but I know it can be done in these ways.

Hope this helps you,

Cardyin

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Cardyin Kim
C/S & Web Development Analyst
Information Services
San Antonio Community Hospital
ckim@s...     (xxx)xxx-xxxx
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-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel O'Dorisio (Work) [mailto:dodorisio@h...]
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 8:19 AM
To: professional vb
Subject: [pro_vb] accessing .doc files from a UNIX server


nice subject huh!!

here is the situation, i need to be able to bring up a .doc document that is
located on a unix server. so my program will do something like:
come up with a form to input the account number, then it will list all the
files that are associated with that account (filenames start with acct
number) then the user can select one to open, and open it with word. all the
.doc files are in a directory /usr2/meddata/trans

i know it can be done.. we do it allready, but the software that the app
developers(people we bought this system from) wrote dosnt support images or
tables in the word document so it wont print them and they tell us it will
be a long time before it is fixed. (this is a system we bought from medical
manager) so anyway. i wonder if i need to transfer the file to the client
computer, or what.

any ideas?

daniel