Is c:\test.doc a file on the local user's machine or the server? On 10/10/07, Gustav Wiberg <gustav@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hi again! > > I want the logged-in user to able to open a word-file (or an Excel-file or > whatever) and then Push Save-Icon and make sure that changes are actually > made. > Example: > > John opens up file c:\test.doc. He writes "Ugly cow" in it and pushes the > save-icon. Ugly Cow is now stored in file c:\test.doc. Working with > COM-objects is the only solution I have found!? > > Normally If John opens up c:\test.doc Internet Explorer (or whatever > browser) saves the file temporarily in some temp-folder (don't know exact > location), lets say c:\temp\sdifiuweoriu2734872.tmp. When John pushes > Save-icon he saves the new information TO the temporarily stored file IF he > doesn't use Save AS... > > Please come with suggestions :-) > > Best regards > /Gustav Wiberg > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Mertic" <jmertic@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "Gustav Wiberg" <gustav@xxxxxx> > Cc: "PHP-Windows Group" <php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:30 PM > Subject: Re: PHP-memory leak with COM-objects? > > > > I've worked a lot with the Word COM and while it works well on a > > single desktop, I wouldn't recommend it for a server process. It's > > rather slow and while the memory eventually gets cleaned up, it still > > takes up a lot of memory for as little as it does. I'm not so sure > > OpenOffice is much better in this regard. > > > > You could push these tasks to another server, but I'd also look at > > what you are doing and see if you can do it another way. We currently > > use Word documents as template for a mail merge type operation and are > > looking to move these to RTF since that enables us to take Word out of > > the loop when doing the mail merge ( we actually just do a global find > > and replace in the document since we've found more consistent results > > with that ). But again, this all depends upon the application. > > > > John > > > > On 10/10/07, Gustav Wiberg <gustav@xxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> I want to use COM+ objects (especially with Word). I have understood (a > >> lot of reading on the Internet) that when initiating COM-objects with > >> Word (even if the object is released in variable in the code). Word leaks > >> a lot of memory. I have also read that if I want to use Word-COM+ object > >> I should have a dedicated server because it takes so much memory. > >> > >> I have tested some and I easily get out of memory even if there is 4GB on > >> the server I tested against. > >> > >> Then I run PHP as ISAPI, and the suggestion on the php.net site was to > >> run PHP as CGI because COM-objects are run in the same memory-space as > >> ISAPI when running as ISAPI-module. > >> http://php.oregonstate.edu/manual/en/class.com.php > >> > >> > >> > >> What do you guys thinks about above? Give me some feedback, please :-) > >> > >> Best regards > >> /Gustav Wiberg > >> > >> > >> No virus found in this outgoing message. > >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.6/1060 - Release Date: > >> 2007-10-09 16:43 > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > John Mertic > > jmertic@xxxxxxxxx > > http://jmertic.wordpress.com > > > > "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you understand it > > better, but the frog dies > > in the process." --Mark Twain > > > > -- > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > -- John Mertic jmertic@xxxxxxxxx http://jmertic.wordpress.com "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you understand it better, but the frog dies in the process." --Mark Twain -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
