http://forums.asp.net/16.aspxDiscuss and debate ASP.NET application designs. <a href="http://aspadvice.com/SignUp/list.aspx?l=8&c=17" target="_blank">Email List</a>enCommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)http://forums.asp.net/thread/3037829.aspxWed, 25 Mar 2009 19:49:25 GMT4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:3037829CybrilCybril0http://forums.asp.net/thread/3037829.aspxhttp://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&PostID=3037829<p>Did you ever get this working?&nbsp; I&#39;m interested in doing something like this myself and wondered how hard/difficult it was going to be.</p>http://forums.asp.net/thread/2862340.aspxMon, 12 Jan 2009 15:22:23 GMT4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:2862340BitShiftBitShift0http://forums.asp.net/thread/2862340.aspxhttp://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&PostID=2862340<p>&nbsp;Just wondering if anyone out there currently has something like the following in place:<br />- A business department creates forms in microsoft word, and requires that agents complete these forms<br />- The forms must be done in microsoft word and not be web forms, since they must be formatted a specific way.<br />- After authenticating with the website, users can upload word documents that include form fields with data they enter<br />- When a file is uploaded, the file is renamed and a status record is created in a sql server table and it is assigned a status<br />- A windows service that runs nightly, parses the word documents looking for the needed data.&nbsp; Status is updated to indicate missing data or pending review etc<br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Suggestions / comments please !</p><p>&nbsp;Some concerns I have are:<br />- Letting users upload word documents might introduce the possibility of viruses onto our server<br />- The files would need to be renamed on the server using something like a guid<br />- Parsing word documents might require everyone use the same version of word<br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p>