Thanks. Going to investigate Google Drive to see if that opens up any options to me. On 23 January 2015 at 17:19, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 23 January 2015 17:16:42 GMT+00:00, David OBrien <dgobrien@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 12:13 PM, David OBrien <dgobrien@xxxxxxxxx> > >wrote: > > > >> Why did you pick S3? > >> If you could switch to google drive instead ( 100GB 1.99 a month, > >1TB > >> 9.99 a month ) their API allows you to use php to open and edit .docx > >files > >> > >> https://developers.google.com/drive/web/integrate-open > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Jeffry Killen > ><jekillen@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> On Jan 23, 2015, at 4:59 AM, Adrian Walls wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> I'm trying to find a solution which via our application would open > >a > >>>> document (docx) stored on AWS S3 allowing a user to make amendments > >to > >>>> the > >>>> document on their local machine via MS Office or OpenOffice but > >when they > >>>> click save it would automatically save the document all the way > >back to > >>>> S3. > >>>> > >>>> Is this something that would be possible to implement and if so I'd > >>>> appreciate any suggestions as how I would go about it. I've had a > >look > >>>> at > >>>> Webdav but I'm don't think it's suitable for this task as the > >documents > >>>> are > >>>> stored in various different accounts on the system plus I can't see > >how > >>>> to > >>>> push this all the way back to S3. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks in advance. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Hi: > >>> > >>> I think that the closest you will get to this is to use an ftp > >client. > >>> forgive my ignorance but I am not familiar with S3. IF it is > >sometning > >>> the user can establish an ftp connection to, then in the ftp client > >>> preferences > >>> find the preference that allows you to tell the ftp client what > >>> application to > >>> open a file with. This would require the user to have a local ftp > >client > >>> installed > >>> ( use Fetch on Mac OSX), and the preference set. > >>> > >>> In my case I establish a connection to a host, local or remote, and > >open > >>> a file > >>> for edit. The file is opened in the application specified and then > >the > >>> changes > >>> are saved back to the original file at the location it was opened > >from. > >>> > >>> JK > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >>> > >>> > >> Sorry for the previous top post > > > >Also this says you can create a link to a file stored on s3 and open it > >from there.... > > > >Also, applications can create shortcuts to data stored outside of > >Drive, in > >a different data store or cloud storage system. If you need to store > >files > >or file-like resources outside of Drive for any reason, shortcuts allow > >you > >to still list them in Google Drive. > > > >Shortcuts behave a lot like files. They can be opened and created, > >indexed > >in search, and shared with other users. Unlike regular files, shortcuts > >do > >not contain any content, and when synced to a desktop are opened as > >URLs in > >the user's browser. Synced shortcut files are assigned the > >.glinkextension. > > > >For information and code samples for shortcuts, see Create a shortcut > >to a > >file > >< > https://developers.google.com/drive/web/integrate-create#create_a_shortcut_to_a_file > > > >. > > If you have full rights on your hosting, there is a fuse Ffilesystem in > USEr space) module to allow you to connect an s3 volume as a local mount. > That might help from an access pov > Thanks, > Ash > -- Adrian Walls 23sparks Tel: +44 (0) 28 4179 8226 Mob: +44 (0) 77 3447 3615 Email: awalls@xxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.23sparks.com Registered office: 8 Osborne Promenade, Warrenpoint, Newry, Co. Down BT34 3NQ Registered in Northern Ireland no. NI50666 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This email is private and confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not named as an addressee it may be unlawful for you to read, copy, distribute, disclose or otherwise use the information contained in this email. If you are not the intended recipient of this email please destroy this communication and contact awalls@ <awalls@xxxxxxxxxxxx>23sparks.com.
