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Felipe Oriani
Felipe Oriani

Reputation: 38618

Editing Documents (.doc) in Browsers

I've been developing a web application with asp.net webforms and in this app I have some documents (.doc, .docx, .rtf files), and my client want to edit these files on browser, they want to open a document in an editor, edit, save it on server (without downloading) and close it. I know it's difficult but I would like to know if it's possible or if is there any easy way to do it. We find something like SkyDrive of Microsoft.

PS: We can pay for components if you can suggest something that really works.

Thank you!

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3875

Answers (1)

Yahia
Yahia

Reputation: 70379

IF the clients have Office installed:

I would recommend http://www.webdavsystem.com/server - this allows you to build a "virtual filesystem" (WebDAV which is based on HTTP) which Office can access thus allowing the client to open/edit/save a document (DOCX etc.) via HTTP(S)... it is pure .NET, integrates nicely with ASP.NET and has even a JavaScript accessible API... esp. the upcoming V 3 comes with a wizard which allows you easily to add that funcionality to your ASP.NET application... (just a happy customer, not affilliated).

IF the clients don't have Office installed then it gets tricky:

To really fully support you would need some sort of Silverlight/Flash/ActiveX/JavaApplet which runs in the clients browser and supports the needed editing features...

I am not aware of such production-quality components except the ones from Microsoft - see http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/online-software.aspx

You could integrate them into your web application although they won't offer the full Office feature set in the browser...

Upvotes: 5

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