Of course you can open and edit any file in PHP you just need to know the file format. But I highly doubt there is any method using PHP that will allow you to prompt the opening of a file into an external application. Editing of the file would have to be done in memory, or manually in the browser (HTML form, textarea field). Unfortunately Microsoft is notoriously protective of its file formats. -Kevin
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hewitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "php-general" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Editing Word Documents > David Russell wrote: > > > ------------snip---------------------- > > 5. The client then closes the file, it "auto-saves" and he goes about > > his business. > > By coincidence, I'd be very interested in this too, particularly from a > linux server. > > Regards > > Chris > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php