I was trying to test code using com class to display Word files but I cannot seem to get the answer and still searching. I get errors and sometimes, programs do not display anyt
If the site is hosted on a Windows machine with Word you may be able to use a COM extension to PHP that will give you access to Word documents. Using the automation methods exposed by Word's Automation model, you could probably do something like export a word document to HTML and then render that HTML to some frame/div on your page. I haven't looked at the code or tried it, but someone has created a word/php class here:
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/3553.html
There are probably many others.
Although I have seen code in the past that will actually read a Word document directly without the use of Automation, I wouldn't recommend it as it could be easily broken by new versions or oddities in file format.
<head><title>snook.ca load document</title>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--//
function loadworddoc(){
// creates the word object
var doc = new ActiveXObject("Word.Application");
// doesn't display Word window
doc.Visible=false;
// specify path to document
doc.Documents.Open(document.all.hello.value);
//copy the content from my word document and throw it into my variable
var txt;
txt = doc.Documents(document.all.hello.value).Content;
//document.all.myarea.value = txt;
document.all.tbContentElement.DOM.body.innerHTML = txt;
// quit word (very important or you'll quickly chew up memory!)
doc.quit(0);
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p><input type=button onClick="loadworddoc();" value="Load">
<p><input type=file name=hello>
<p><textarea name=myarea cols=50 rows=5>nothing here yet</textarea>
<object ID="tbContentElement" CLASS="tbContentElement"
CLASSID="clsid:2D360201-FFF5-11D1-8D03-00A0C959BC0A" VIEWASTEXT
width="450" height="300">
<param name=Scrollbars value=true></object>
</body>
Do you mean you want to have the word plugin activated in the browser? Try the <object> tag with the correct mime type.