>Hi:
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>I have an client\server application that needs to be migrated to the web. The system was years in the making and offers a lot of functionality and does a lot MS Office Automation. It also has its own mail client and a client side data store to house static data.
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>My orignial plan was to maintain the existing front end by doing a fat client web app using XML messaging and Web Services. Now they are saying it needs to be Thin client. I doubt whether an HTML interface can ever be as useful a full blown Windows app, espcially in this case. Also, can you do MS Office Automation from an app running in a browser?
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>Thanx,

Charlie,
You can using VBScript/JavaScript. You can create an instance of the object using the ClSID and go from there. However, the drawback to this is that some users (myself included) have their browsers set up to not allow the use of ActiveX controls by default. I have mine set to prompt me everytime an ActiveX control is created or accessed. It's annoying but it's better than the alternative.

HTH.